Pelini to coach Youngstown State

— -- Former Nebraska coach Bo Pelini is taking the head-coaching job at Youngstown State, according to ESPN sources and multiple reports.

The school is expected to introduce him as the football team's new coach Wednesday.

Pelini was fired this month after seven years at Nebraska. He went to high school in Youngstown, Ohio.

The former defensive coordinator at LSU and Oklahoma, Pelini, in his first head coaching job, produced notable consistency but little evidence that Nebraska was set to take the next step as a program. Pelini was 67-27 as Nebraska's coach, passing Tom Osborne for the most wins ever at the school in a coach's first seven years.

But Nebraska lost 10 games by 20 points or more since 2008, Pelini's first season, and allowed 45 points or more in six games since the Huskers joined the Big Ten in 2011.

Pelini joins former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel, who is president of Youngstown State.

A week ago, ESPN's Brett McMurphy reported that Pelini was considering taking the job at Youngstown State.

ESPN's Joe Schad and ESPN.com's Mitch Sherman contributed to this report.