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Feb. 20—Ohio State football coach Ryan Day’s 2025 staff is complete.
The school announced Thursday it has officially hired Matt Patricia as defensive coordinator and Brian Hartline will serve as offensive coordinator along with other promotions and additions.
Patricia replaces Jim Knowles, who left shortly after the national championship game to take the same position at Penn State, while Hartline is taking the spot of Chip Kelly, who was hired as the offensive coordinator of the Las Vegas Raiders in the NFL.
Kelly also had the title of quarterbacks coach, a role that is going to Billy Fessler, who served as an analyst working with the quarterbacks last season and frequently received unsolicited praise from starter Will Howard.
Fessler is in his second stint with Ohio State, having worked with Justin Fields and C.J. Stroud in 2020 and ’21 before spending two seasons at Akron as quarterbacks coach then offensive coordinator.
Keenan Bailey also received a new title. Along with coaching tight ends, as he has done since 2022, he will serve as co-offensive coordinator in his 10th season at Ohio State. He has worked with running backs and receivers along with the tight ends in his tenure and has been regarded as a rising star in the profession for a few years.
Rounding out the coaching staff will be new offensive line coach Tyler Bowen, who spent the last three seasons at Virginia Tech, and Carlos Locklyn, who is set for his second season as Ohio State running backs coach.
“I am really pleased to announce the addition of Tyler Bowen and his family to our coaching staff,” Day said in a release. “He’s a terrific coach who will bring experience to the staff along with an excellent record as a recruiter.”
A Maryland native, Bowen has also worked at Penn State, Maryland, Fordham and for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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Author : Dayton Daily News, Ohio
Publish date : 2025-02-20 19:36:00
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