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Tressel, YSU Sign Contract

ohio.com

Youngstown State University and former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel have signed a contract for him to become the school's ninth president. The deal that runs through June of 2017 calls for a 300 thousand dollar annual salary the first two years and a salary based on performance the third year. The contract begins July 1. The university says it will be negotiated and approved later.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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