WELLSVILLE — Ohio High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Famer Jim Tsilimos was officially hired as the new Wellsville football coach on Monday.

The Wellsville Board of Education unanimously approved the hire with one member absent. There were 13 applicants.

Tsilimos, who has a career record of 205-178 in 35 seasons as head coach, came to the Tigers after stepping down as Lowellville’s coach on Feb. 19 after just a few weeks on the job.

“He is respected by all and in just 12 days we’ve had 30-plus sign-ups for football,” athletic director Kyle Exline said. “In the weight room, we’ve had 16 high schoolers show up and 19 junior high kids show up.”

Exline also said Tsilimos has also had positional group meetings with athletes.

“Things are off and running now,” Exline said.

Tsilimos is most known for coaching Lisbon from 1990-2007 and 2011-2017. During that tenure he went 147-115 with a state championship in 1995.

“Wellsville football is back,” Tsilimos said.