Tressel doesn’t dismiss the idea of YSU presidency

Tressel doesn’t dismiss the idea of YSU presidency

YOUNGSTOWN

State Rep. Robert F. Hagan said he spoke to Jim Tressel about the Youngstown State University presidency, and the former football coach didn’t dismiss the possibility.

“He said, ‘There is a process that is very important that has to be followed,’” Hagan said today.

Hagan of Youngstown, D-58th, said he and state Rep. Nick Barborak of Lisbon, D-5th, spoke to Tressel at the State of the State address Monday in Medina.

The two, among other officeholders, as well as local business and union leaders, are urging YSU to hire Tressel to replace Randy Dunn, who recently resigned as the university’s president.

“He said, ‘I feel very strongly in the process and it has to be followed,’” Hagan said about Tressel. “It’s significant that he didn’t dismiss it or said it didn’t interest him. He could have said, ‘No.’”

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