Lloyd Carr,
6-7-0
Jim
Tressel, 6-1-0
Since 1935, when the Michigan-Ohio State game moved to the end of the end of the Big Ten schedule, the success of a season was often measured by the results of The Big Game. A coach could redeem a poor season by defeating the arch-rival or, an otherwise stellar record could be marred by an inability to "win the big one."
Twelve Michigan coaches have squared off against the Buckeyes and seven emerged with winning records - from Gustave Ferbert's perfect 1-0-0 record (1897) to Fielding Yost's 16-3-1 (1901-1926). Three M coaches played Ohio even and three suffered a losing record.
Ohio State has sent eighteen coaches into battle against Michigan - all but one with career winning records. Only four, however, have managed winning records against Michigan- ranging from current coach Jim Tressel's 6 -1-0 to Woody Hayes' 16-11-1 (1951-1978). Wolverine alumnus Albert Herrnstein lost all four meetings, 1906-1909, with his mentor Fielding Yost.
What is remarkable, is how even the great one's were. Fielding Yost held a slim 5-3 edge over John W. Wilce. Paul Brown, who went on to fame as a professional coach, was 1-1-1 in his matches against Fritz Crisler. "Bo" Schembechler and Woody Hayes both had career winning records in the big game, but "Bo" came out on top, 5-4-1, in head-to-head matches with his former boss.
Lloyd Carr won four of his first five games against the Buckeyes, including two upset victories that ruined the national title hopes of Ohio State teams ranked second in the country. Jim Tressel is the fifth OSU coach to win his first game against Michigan and only the second to hold a 2-0 advantage over the Wolverines. Carr won a national championship in his third season. Tressel did him one better by winning the BCS title in his second. Carr gained his first win over Tressel in 2003. Tressel's Buckeyes salvaged a disappointing 2004 season by upsetting Michigan and depriving the Wolverines of an outright Big Ten title. The Buckeyes came from behind in 2005 to give Tressel his fourth win in the series and assure Ohio a tie for the conference title. In 2006, the series first showdown between #1 and #2 rated teams, OSU held on for 42-39 victory. In what would be Lloyd Carr's final game at Michigan Stadium, the Buckeyes clinched a third staright BIg Ten title with a 14-3 win, giving Tressel a 6-1 record against Michigan.
| Coach | Years | Overall | vs OSU | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [No Coaches] | 1879-1890 | 23-10-1 | 
Gustave Ferbert  Fielding Yost  Fritz Crisler |
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| Frank Crawford | 1891 | 4-5-0 | |||||
| Frank E. Barbour | 1892-1893 | 14-8-0 | |||||
| William McCauley | 1894-1895 | 17-2-1 | |||||
| William D.Ward | 1896 | 9-1-0 | |||||
| Gustave Ferbert | 1897-1899 | 24-3-1 | 1-0-0 | ||||
| Langdon "Biff" Lea | 1900 | 7-2-1 | 0-0-1 | ||||
| Fielding H. Yost | 1901-1923, 1925-1926 |
165-29-10 | 16-3-1 | ||||
| George Little | 1924 | 6-2-0 | 1-0-0 | ||||
| Elton E. Weiman | 1927-1928 | 9-6-1 | 1-1-0 | ||||
| Harry Kipke | 1929-1937 | 46-26-4 | 3-6-0 | ||||
| Herbert O. "Fritz" Crisler | 1938-1947 | 71-16-3 | 7-2-1 | ||||
| Bennie Oosterbaan | 1948-1958 | 63-33-4 | 5-5-1 | ||||
| Chalmers "Bump" Elliott | 1959-1968 | 51-42-2 | 3-7-0 | ||||
| Glenn "Bo" Schembechler | 1969-1989 | 198-48-5 | 11-9-1 | ||||
| Gary Moeller | 1990-1994 | 44-13-4 | 3-1-1 | ||||
| Lloyd Carr | 1995-2007 | 121-40 -0 | 6-7-0 |
| Coach | Years | Overall | vs UM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander S. Lilley | 1890-1891 | 3-5-0 |
 John Eckstorm  Albert E. Herrnstein  Francis Schmidt  Paul Brown | ||||
| Jack Ryder | 1892-1895, 1898 |
22-22-2 | |||||
| Charles Hickey | 1896 | 5-5-1 | |||||
| David F. Edwards | 1897 | 1-7-1 | 0-1-0 | ||||
| John B. Eckstorm | 1899-1901 | 22-4-3 | 0-1-1 | ||||
| Perry Hale | 1902-1903 | 14-5-2 | 0-2-0 | ||||
| E.R. Sweatland | 1903-1905 | 14-7-2 | 0-2-0 | ||||
| Albert E. Herrnstein | 1906-1909 | 28-10-1 | 0-4-0 | ||||
| Howard Jones | 1910 | 6-1-3 | 0-0-1 | ||||
| Henry Vaughn | 1911 | 5-3-2 | 0-1-0 | ||||
| John R. Richards | 1912 | 6-3-0 | 0-1-0 | ||||
| John W. Wilce | 1913-1928 | 78-33-9 | 4-7-0 | ||||
| Sam S. Willaman | 1929-1932 | 26-10-5 | 2-3-0 | ||||
| Francis A.Schmidt | 1934-1940 | 39-16-1 | 4-3-0 | ||||
| Paul E. Brown | 1940-1943 | 18-8-1 | 1-1-1 | ||||
| Carroll C. Widdoes | 1944-1945 | 16-2-0 | 1-1-0 | ||||
| Paul O. Bixlar | 1946 | 4-3-2 | 0-1-0 | ||||
| Wesley E. Fesler | 1947-1950 | 21-13-3 | 0-3-1 | ||||
| Woody Hayes | 1951-1978 | 205-61-10 | 16-11-1 | ||||
| Earle Bruce | 1979-1987 | 81-26-1 | 5-4-0 | ||||
| John Cooper | 1988-2000 | 111-43-4 | 2-10-1 | ||||
| Jim Tressel | 2001-2007 | 73-15-0 | 6-1-0 |