June 17 - Earlier this week Jim Tressel talked about his visit with U.S. troops during the 2009 Coaches Tour. Watch a video of his interview and some clips from the trip to Europe, the Middle East and Africa, including footage of coach's chest bump with a troop.
June 8 - Check out an updated photo gallery and slideshow with more than 90 images of the 2009 Coaches Tour to the Middle East ...
June 5 - Read notes from fans sent to Coach Tressel through the official Ohio State Facebook page ...
Lauren Kramer Barber at 5:19pm June 4 Thank you Coach Tressel and the other coaches that visited the troops. My brother-in-law's unit was one visited by The Vest and crew at Blad Airbase (and had his picture taken). Andrew and his fellow soldiers really enjoyed the visit. We just appreciate so much when others take the time to care about our soldiers' well-being.
Whitney Armstrong at 12:01am June 4
Thanks Tressel for coming to Incirlik AB, Turkey!!!!!!!
Gracie Hurley at 4:20pm June 3
we love you coach tressel you have a lot of class!!
Cecilia Sonner-Lilac at 6:01pm June 3
God bless our troops! Coach tressell you are great for supporting them and ohio state is so lucky to have you. Keep on beating michigan. O H I O!
Amy Haas Lowery at 7:56pm June 2
My husband got to meet him and get all kinds of stuff signed! He was so stoked!
Sherri Vannelli at 4:09pm June 2
Awesome!! Coach Tressel brought a few minutes of fun to Camp Liberty!! That’s why Ohio Buckeye fans are so strong.
Christopher Moore at 8:17am June 2
Sweet, makes me proud to be an Ohio Army Vet. This boosts my moral here in the 937.
Dave Shannon at 4:01pm June 2
Way to support Our Troops. Where is the Sweater Vest?
Michael Cheetham at 4:02pm June 2
Good job Coach and a classy thing to do, too. The men in Iraq and Afghanistan are America's REAL heroes!
Ryan Werling at 4:03pm June 2
GO BUCKS AND GO US... I wish you came and visited me while I was over there coach... you are a true American and a real upstanding guy with lots of class, Thank You for supporting the troops!
Jane Rosen Safrin at 6:34pm June 2
Makes you proud to be American.. but most of all a Buckeye!!!
Susan Henning at 10:33am June 1
JT is AWESOME! Props to the other coaches as well for supporting our troops.
Jeep Phillips at 10:36am June 1
Cooper & Woody think Tress is the best. Great that all of the coaches are supporting our great troops. What an awesome picture. Thanks for your service to our country.
Jeep
Scott Evans at 10:52am June 1
Tress is amazing...what a great ambassador and leader for our school....O H !!!!!!
Jamie Boyle Crum at 11:05am June 1
I was hoping they were going to Iraq that is where my son is at the moment and he gets sooo much grief for being a OSU fanatic...LOL but he doesn't care...He just had me send him OSU basketball shorts and jersey...O-H-I-O
Read more notes from fans on Ohio State's Official Facebook fan page
June 2 - Ohio State grads Kyle Rinehart and Christopher Shaffer sent back this "O-H-I-O" photo with Jim Tressel in Camp Liberty in Baghdad, Irag. Read the email ...
It started with a meet and greet here at the Division Headquarters. The first picture (right) I sent is of Brigadier General Murray (Deputy Commander of the 1st Cavalry Division AND 1981 OSU grad), My friend Kyle, Me, and Coach Tressel himself doing O-H-I-O! I can honestly say this was one of the best moments I have had (especially since I have been in Iraq).
Kyle Rinehart . 06 OSU grad
Christopher Shaffer . 06 OSU grad (June 2)
June 1 - Ohio native Lauren White is stationed in Germany, where she met Buckeye head coach Jim Tressel during his travels headed to the Middle East last week. Read her email here ...
Jim and about 5 other coaches are on a morale tour visiting troops overseas. The gym was almost all Ohio State fans, it was hilarious. The UCLA coach came in first and started to talk to the OSU "side". Tressel walked in and the whole place just ignored UCLA and started chanting OH-IO.....it was awesome. I got Tressel's book, for free of course, and he signed it, a hat, shirt, and some photos...yea!!!
Lauren (June 1)
Ohio State’s Jim Tressel is one of six college football coaches who will visit U.S. service personnel in the Middle East as part of an Armed Forces Entertainment tour during the next week.
The delegation is scheduled to make several stops throughout the Middle East, including Afghanistan and around the Persian Gulf. The tour is organized through the Department of Defense. The coaches will meet for orientation in late May and should be overseas eight days.
Others participating this year include Mack Brown (Texas), Houston Nutt (Ole Miss), Rick Neuheisel (UCLA), Troy Calhoun (Air Force) and Tommy Tuberville, who was a part of the inaugural Coaches’ Tour last year.
For more information, go to http://www.coachestour2009.com/.
Recent News on Coaches Tour:
Coaches visit troops via McConnell tanker
Ohio State fans were never hard to find during Coaches Tour 2009, a morale-boosting mission that brought NCAA football coaches to U.S. servicemembers overseas. Ohio State coach Jim Tressel even found an Air Force security forces dog named Bertha at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, who was happy to wear a token of appreciation from the coach. The dog's handler, Staff Sgt. David Tagliaferro, is an Ohio native. Coaches Tour is organized by Morale Entertainment, LLC., in association with Armed Forces Entertainment. A KC-135 Stratotanker from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., was used to fly the coaches overseas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. S
Ohio State's Jim Tressel among coaches to sleep in Saddam's palace
Detroit Free Press - United States
One name that may stick out the most, at least to folks around Michigan, is Ohio State coach Jim Tressel. The Buckeyes boss joined fellow national champion ...
WFMJ Youngstown, Ohio - Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Jim Tressel is one of the notable coaches who is overseas visiting military bases. The eight-day goodwill tour will take ...
Friday Rumblings Columbus Dispatch - Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel and the other six coaches touring the Middle East aren't getting hotel points for their stay in Iraq.
According to the UCLA Web site, coach Rick Neuheisel called to report that the seven coaches on the trip were sharing one room in one of Saddam Hussein's former palaces -- and sleeping in bunk beds.
More from Iraq: Tressel made a good impression on a private contractor who happens to be a friend of The Daily Oklahoman's Berry Trammel. The friend had nice things to say about all seven coaches, but Tressel seemed to make a particularly good impression:
"Very polite and friendly, has that professor-type appearance on TV and also in person. Very knowledgeable about most subjects but doesn't come across as smarter than you."
Tressel visits troops
Dayton Daily News - Coach Jim Tressel is in the Middle East on an eight-day tour in conjunction with Armed Forces Entertainment.
Ohio.com - Tressel inspires Buckeyes in Iraq
Akron Beacon Journal - US Army 1st Lt. Christopher C. Shaffer had a Buckeye moment in Baghdad. Shaffer got to meet Ohio State University football coach Jim Tressel this week during Tressel's visit to Iraq, as part of what is called Coaches Tour 2009.
NCAA COACHES VISIT TROOPS IN HOSPITAL
MSN via States News Service
June 2, 2009
Henry Bautista wasn't one of the U.S. service members seven NCAA football coaches visited at a U.S. military hospital in Germany Friday.
That's because servicemembers are not the only ones risking their lives in dangerous places like Iraq. That's where Bautista, a field representative for a light armored vehicle contractor, was three days prior when a vehicle mishap almost severed his leg.
That's where Coaches Tour 2009 comes in. It's a morale-boosting mission that brings NCAA coaches to U.S. servicemembers. For men and women serving overseas, the tour doesn't just bring them icons of college football . It brings them a little piece of home.
Coaches visit Ramstein
Stars and Stripes
May 30, 2009
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — Houston Nutt wasn’t the only nut in the crowd.
A visit by six NCAA Division 1-A college football coaches, including Nutt of Ole Miss, filled the bleachers in the Southside Fitness Center on Friday afternoon with sports fans of all ages — some a bit nuttier than others for their favorite team.
Mack Brown and Ohio State University’s Jim Tressel drew the longest lines of the day.
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