COLUMBUS, Ohio — It’s a moment Luke Fickell will never forget, but he won’t let it get the best of him.
No one would fault Fickell if he trotted onto the field Sept. 3 at Ohio Stadium and shouted, “This is awesome!” After nine years as a successful assistant coach for Ohio State, Fickell will take on the head-coaching duties for the first time. For his alma mater. In his hometown.
He’ll be a few weeks past his 38th birthday.
Sure, the circumstances are less than ideal. Fickell, recently appointed Ohio State’s assistant head coach, will be filling in for Jim Tressel during Tressel’s five-game suspension for violating NCAA rules. Fickell would much rather serve in his standard role as co-defensive coordinator/linebackers coach when Ohio State opens the season against Akron.
But the…
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