Latest Ryan Day News

Michigan hires running backs coach and run-game coordinator Tony Alford away from rival Ohio State

Mar. 13, 2024 21:13 PM EDT

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan hired running backs coach and run-game coordinator Tony Alford away from rival Ohio State on Wednesday. Wolverines coach Sherrone Moore pulled off a bold move in building his first staff after Jim Harbaugh’s return to the NFL, adding one of Ryan...

Look at all those quarterbacks! Ohio St has a surplus of signal-callers as spring practice opens

Mar. 05, 2024 15:24 PM EST

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Last year at this time, Ohio State's quarterback situation was a clear two-man competition on which the dust didn't settle until the week before the season opener. As 2024 spring practice opened Tuesday, the Buckeyes find themselves with enough nationally...

Ohio State hires Chip Kelly as offensive coordinator after he steps down as head coach at UCLA

Feb. 09, 2024 20:51 PM EST

UCLA coach Chip Kelly stepped down after six seasons leading the Bruins on Friday to become offensive coordinator for soon-to-be Big Ten rival Ohio State. The move leaves UCLA scrambling to fill a vacancy at the top of a program preparing to join the Big Ten with spring practice...

Ohio State coach Ryan Day mum on the possibility of OC Bill O'Brien jumping to Boston College job

Feb. 07, 2024 12:17 PM EST

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State coach Ryan Day didn’t shed any light Wednesday on the future of new offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien, who has been linked to the open head coaching job at Boston College. O'Brien was hired on Jan. 19 to be Ohio State's offensive coordinator...

Ohio State hires Bill O'Brien, ex-Texans coach and Alabama assistant, as offensive coordinator

Jan. 19, 2024 13:31 PM EST

Ohio State has hired former Houston Texans and Penn State head coach Bill O'Brien as its offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, the program confirmed in a statement Friday. “He is an excellent and experienced offensive coach who has run NFL and Power 5 programs and developed...

Returning players, key transfers, O'Brien hiring kick-start offseason for Ohio State's Ryan Day

Jan. 19, 2024 13:29 PM EST

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The weeks after the end of the 2023 season looked potentially disastrous for Ohio State coach Ryan Day. Instead, before the end of January, Day has got a new offensive coordinator in the experienced Bill O'Brien and a roster that may put the Buckeyes in better...