Longtime Michigan State assistant coach Mike Tressel is reportedly heading to Cincinnati to become the Bearcats’ new defensive coordinator.
Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports tweeted the Tressel news on Monday afternoon. Tressel came to Michigan State from Cincinnati with former head coach Mark Dantonio in 2007, and has been with the program ever since.
Sources: Cincinnati is expected to hire Mike Tressel as the school's next defensive coordinator. He's a longtime Michigan State assistant and the school's former DC under Mark Dantonio. Luke Fickell and Tressel were on staff at Ohio State together in the early 2000s.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) January 18, 2021
Tressel was one of the few former Dantonio assistant coaches that remained on staff after new head coach Mel Tucker took over this past year. Tressel coached the safeties in 2020, and had previously served as a linebackers coach and defensive coordinator while at Michigan State.
Tressel had previously worked with Cincinnati head coach Luke Fickell at Ohio State in the early 2000s, according to Thamel.
Tressel will be the first assistant coach to leave the program since Tucker took over as the head coach last February.
