To most in the Big Ten, Luke Fickell is a pretty well-known name by now. Fickell became the second-youngest coach in the Big Ten last season as he took over for disgraced and ousted coach Jim Tressel on a de facto interim basis (Fickell’s “interim” tag was officially removed before the 2011 season). The Buckeyes struggled, Urban Meyer was hired and Fickell went back to being an Ohio State assistant.
But that’s not a whole lot to actually know about the guy, is it? He’s still only 38, and he’s got the same extremely bright future in coaching that he had 12 months ago. So, let’s look back on the Luke Fickell that was and look forward to the Luke Fickell that will be.
Fickell, like fellow defensive coach Mike Vrabel, is a Buckeye through and through. Fickell spent four years as Ohio State’s starting nose tackle in the mid-1990s, registering 50 starts in the middle of the line before a knee injury halted an NFL career that wasn’t very promising to begin with.
Fickell spent a year as a…
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