Kerry Coombs received a raise of $75,000 ahead of the 2017 football season, his fifth with Ohio State. The salary bump will carry a new title with it.The Buckeyes promoted Coombs to assistant coordinator of their defense on Thursday after Coombs’s cornerbacks unit served as a pillar of one of the top secondaries in the country last season. Ohio State intercepted 21 passes in 2016 and returned seven of them for touchdowns, the most in the nation. “Kerry Coombs is absolutely deserving of this promotion to assistant coordinator, defense,” head coach Urban Meyer said in a press release. “He is an outstanding coach, instructor and mentor to the young men in this program. He is one of the best recruiters in the nation. He is incredibly loyal, and we at Ohio State are very fortunate that he loves this school and loves being a Buckeye.” Coombs is in line to…
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