
Ohio is the type of state where the coach of the flagship university's football team carries a profile on par with the governor—and it appears that notion is about to be put to the test.
Former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel is considering running for governor of Ohio, he told NBC News in a statement. Tressel, a 72-year-old Republican, was sworn in as Ohio's lieutenant governor on Feb. 14, after former lieutenant governor Jon Husted took Vice President JD Vance's vacant Senate seat.