Ohio State AD Ross Bjork ‘absolutely’ confident that Ryan Day will return as head coach next season

With the College Football Playoff approaching, and with eyes already turning to next season, Ohio State Athletic Director Ross Bjork still has full confidence in Ryan Day. On Thursday, Bjork went on local station 97.1 The Fan to express his support for Day during the Morning Juice show.

Day has been a bit of hot water since the Buckeyes lost to an unranked Michigan, marking the fourth straight year of losing The Game. But when asked on Thursday whether he was confident that Day would return to the sideline next season, Bjork said that he “absolutely” was.

“Coach Day is awesome,” Bjork said. “He’s great to work with. He totally gets it. He loves being a Buckeye. And so we’re going to support him at the highest level throughout.”

Bjork is in his first year as OSU’s AD after a five-year stint at Texas A&M. During Thursday’s interview, he spoke about his connection to Day and the confidence he has with the 45-year-old coach’s approach to the program.

“Coach Day and I have just hit it off so well. I’ve been really, really impressed. Every single time I’ve talked to him, I’ve learned something. He’s innovative, he recruits at the highest level. He’s got a great staff,” Bjork said. “There’s always tweaks. There was tweaks after last year, right? You’re always going to tweak things. You’re always going to make adjustments. You’re always going to make improvements.”

Bjork then added that some of Ohio State’s issues may require them to turn inward.

“If you get fixated on the end result and not have the process fully baked every time, you’re going to lose. The mindset’s going to lose because you’re only fixated on one thing. And so what we have to do is this whole ‘championship or bust’ mentality, you want that as the goal, but it has to be about the process,” Bjork said. “To me, we’ve got to…

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Publish date : 2024-12-12 18:25:00

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