Coaches
Jim Heacock
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Jim Heacock
Played at Muskingum 1967-1970
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Marlington HS (OH) (HS) | Other | assistant | not known |
| 1972 | Bowling Green | GA | GA | Don Nehlen |
| 1973-1974 | Muskingum | Position | DB | not known |
| 1975-1977 | Muskingum (DC) (unknown) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 1978-1980 | Bowling Green | Position | DL | not known |
| 1981-1982 | Bowling Green | DC | AHC/DC | not known |
| 1983-1987 | Washington | Position | DL | not known |
| 1988-1995 | Illinois State | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 1996-2004 | Ohio State | Position | DL | John Cooper (1996-2000), Jim Tressel (2001-2004) |
| 2005-2011 | Ohio State (DC) (unknown) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2005-2011 | Ohio State | DC | Defensive coordinator · season pages | Jim Tressel (2005-2010), Luke Fickell* (2011) |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|
| Season | Head coach below FBS | Level | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Illinois State | FCS | 1-10 |
| 1989 | Illinois State | FCS | 5-6 |
| 1990 | Illinois State | FCS | 5-6 |
| 1991 | Illinois State | FCS | 5-6 |
| 1992 | Illinois State | FCS | 5-6 |
| 1993 | Illinois State | FCS | 6-4-1 |
| 1994 | Illinois State | FCS | 5-5-1 |
| 1995 | Illinois State | FCS | 5-6 |
Worked under
- Don Nehlen · Bowling Green 1972 (GA)
- John Cooper · Ohio State 1996-2000 (Position)
- Jim Tressel · Ohio State 2001-2010 (DC, Position)
- Luke Fickell* · Ohio State 2011 (DC)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Gary Tranquill · Bowling Green 1972 · him GA, them DC
- Gary Pinkel · Bowling Green 1978 · him Position, them Position
- Ron Vanderlinden · Bowling Green 1978 · him Position, them GA
- Tim Kish · Bowling Green 1978 · him Position, them GA
- Gary Pinkel · Washington 1983-1987 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Chris Tormey · Washington 1984-1987 · him Position, them Position
- Jim Mora* · Washington 1984 · him Position, them GA
- Jay Niemann · Washington 1986-1987 · him Position, them GA
- Urban Meyer · Illinois State 1988-1989 · him Head coach, them Position
- Charley Molnar · Illinois State 1990-1993 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Mike Denbrock · Illinois State 1990-1991 · him Head coach, them Position
- Tim Beck · Illinois State 1990 · him Head coach, them Position
- Sal Sunseri · Illinois State 1994 · him Head coach, them DC
- Paul Chryst · Illinois State 1995 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Jon Tenuta · Ohio State 1996-2000 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Walt Harris · Ohio State 1996 · him Position, them Position
- Greg Studrawa · Ohio State 1997 · him Position, them GA
- Luke Fickell* · Ohio State 1999-2011 · him DC, Position, them DC, GA, Head coach, Position, ST coord.
- Jim Bollman · Ohio State 2001-2011 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Jim Tressel · Ohio State 2001-2010 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Mark Snyder · Ohio State 2001-2004 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Mel Tucker · Ohio State 2001-2004 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Mike Tressel · Ohio State 2002-2003 · him Position, them GA
- Alex Golesh* · Ohio State 2004-2005 · him DC, Position, them Other
- Darrell Hazell · Ohio State 2004-2010 · him DC, Position, them Other, Position
- Joe Rudolph · Ohio State 2004-2006 · him DC, Position, them GA
- Todd Goebbel · Ohio State 2004 · him Position, them Analyst
- Paul Haynes · Ohio State 2005-2011 · him DC, them DC, Position
- Tim Beckman · Ohio State 2005-2006 · him DC, them Position
- Doug Phillips · Ohio State 2006 · him DC, them Analyst
- P.J. Fleck* · Ohio State 2006 · him DC, them GA
- Taver Johnson · Ohio State 2007-2011 · him DC, them Position
- Marcus Freeman*+ · Ohio State 2010 · him DC, them GA
- Stan Drayton · Ohio State 2011 · him DC, them Position
- Zak Kuhr · Ohio State 2011 · him DC, them GA