September 22, 2024

Ryan Day, Ohio State's Coaches Setting Egos Aside As They Prepare for First Season Together As a Staff


Ohio State’s coaching staff is full of assistant coaches who have been in positions of power on previous staffs and/or have reasons to believe they should be on the Buckeyes’ staff. Offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson used to be the head coach at Indiana. New quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator Mike Yurcich was previously the offensive coordinator at Oklahoma State, while offensive line coach Greg Studrawa served as offensive coordinator at LSU and Bowling Green. Running backs coach Tony Alford has been coaching at the Football Bowl Subdivision level since 1996 and holds the title of assistant head coach for offense. Greg Mattison has more than four decades of coaching experience, including more than 15 years as a defensive coordinator, while fellow co-defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley spent the past seven years coaching in the NFL. Defensive line coach Larry Johnson was recently promoted to associate head coach and also has…

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