COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football’s coaching staff will remain intact after linebackers coach Al Washington turned down Tennessee’s offer to become defensive coordinator. As first reported by Vols247 and confirmed to cleveland.com by an OSU source, Washington rebuffed what was believed to be a lucrative offer to join Josh Heupel’s new Volunteers staff. Ohio State has not yet announced the financial boost and potential title change necessary to convince Washington, a Columbus native, to stay. Washington was scheduled to earn a $515,000 base salary in 2021 per terms of the updated contract he signed after the 2019 season. Tennessee was reportedly offering to more than double that salary. Besides money, Tennessee could offer Washington something Ohio State could not — full coordinator duties. However, Washington also would have left one of college football’s most successful and stable programs to join one slogging through decade of erratic performance and recently…
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