Luke Fickell
Fickell at the 2014 spring game
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Cincinnati |
| Conference | American |
| Record | 0–0 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
August 18, 1973 Columbus, Ohio |
| Playing career | |
| 1993–1996 | Ohio State |
| 1997 | New Orleans Saints |
| Position(s) | Nose guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1999 | Ohio State (GA) |
| 2000–2001 | Akron (DL) |
| 2002–2003 | Ohio State (ST) |
| 2004 | Ohio State (LB) |
| 2005–2010 | Ohio State (co-DC/LB) |
| 2011 | Ohio State (interim HC) |
| 2012–2016 | Ohio State (co-DC/LB) |
| 2017–present | Cincinnati |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 6–7 |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year Award (2010) | |
Luke Joseph Fickell (born August 18, 1973) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at the University of Cincinnati after being hired in December 2016. Fickell had previously spent most of his career Ohio State University, first as a player and then as an assistant coach from 2002 to 2016. Fickell also served as interim head football coach for the 2011 Ohio State Buckeyes football team after the resignation of Jim Tressel.
Fickell spent his entire playing career in Columbus, Ohio, graduating from DeSales High School in 1992. After redshirting for the Buckeyes in 1992, Fickell went on to be a standout member of the defensive unit, making a school-record 50 consecutive starts at the nose guard position from 1993 to 1996,. In his freshman year, he lined up next to Dan Wilkinson. Despite having a torn pectoral muscle, Fickell started the 1997 Rose Bowl, making two tackles in the Buckeyes victory over Arizona State. After graduating from Ohio State in 1997, Fickell signed as an undrafted free agent with the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL) . After tearing the ACL in his knee, he spent the remainder of the season on the injured reserve list and was later released by the team.
After his brief stint in the NFL, Fickell fulfilled a childhood dream by joining the Ohio State Buckeyes coaching staff after being accepted as a graduate assistant with the Buckeyes in 1999 under his former coach, John Cooper. In 2000, Fickell was hired by the University of Akron as the defensive line coach. After two seasons with the Zips, he returned to Ohio State once again in 2002, this time as the special teams coordinator under second-year head coach, Jim Tressel. In 2004, Fickell took over as the linebackers coach, adding the title co-defensive coordinator to his responsibilities in 2005. In 2010, he was named Assistant Coach of the Year by the AFCA, joining a list of Buckeyes coaches to be recognized by the association that also includes Carroll Widdoes, Woody Hayes, Earle Bruce and Jim Tressel.
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