The Ohio State Buckeyes will be without defensive coordinator Jim Knowles next season as he left for the Penn State defensive coordinator job. Ryan Day’s search for a new defensive coordinator is now underway and on today’s edition of the Ohio State Football report we discuss some names that could be Ohio State defensive coordinator candidates for Ryan Day. Some names include Jeff Hafley, Luke Fickell, Matt Guerrieri, Randy Bates, Jerod Mayo and Tim Walton.
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Ohio State football defensive coordinator candidates:
#10: Luke Fickell (Wisconsin HC)
#9: Mike Tressel (Wisconsin DC)
#8: Glenn Schumann (Georgia DC)
#7: Jim Leonhard (Broncos Pass Game Coord.)
#6: Phil Parker (Iowa DC)
#5: Jerod Mayo (Former Patriots HC)
#4: Jeff Hafley (Packers DC)
#3: Randy Bates (Pitt DC)
#2: Bryant Haines (Indiana DC)
#1: Matt Guerrieri (OSU Safeties Coach)
Other internal options for OSU DC:
Tim Walton (OSU Associate HC / DB Coach)
James Laurinaitis (OSU LB Coach)
Larry Johnson (OSU DL Coach)
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Luke Fickell coaching history:
2000-01: Akron DL Coach
2002-03: Ohio State ST Coach
2004: Ohio State LB Coach
2005-10: Ohio State Co-DC
2011: Ohio State Interim HC
2012-16: Ohio State Coach DC
2017-22: Cincinnati HC
2023-Now: Wisconsin HC
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Phil Parker coaching history:
1987: Michigan State GA
1988-98: Toledo DB Coach
1999-2011: Iowa DB Coach
2012-Now: Iowa DC
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Bryant Haines coaching history:
2010-11: Adrian College DL Coach
2012: Indiana GA
2013: Ohio State GA
2014-15: Indiana U of Penn. DL Coach
2016: UC Davis LB Coach
2017-18: Elon LB Coach
2019-23: James Madison DC
2024-Now: Indiana DC
Matt Guerrieri coaching history:
2012-14: Duke GA
2015-17: Duke S Coach
2018-21: Duke Co-DC
2022: Ohio State Senior Advisor
2023: Indiana Co-DC
2024-Now: Ohio State S Coach
Ohio State Football 2025 Recruiting Class:
5-star CB Devin Sanchez
5-star QB Tavien St. Clair
4-star LB Riley Pettijohn
4-star S Faheem Delane
4-star WR Quincy Porter
4-star OT Carter Lowe
4-star EDGE Zion Grady
4-star LB Tarvos Alford
4-star RB Bo Jackson
4-star RB Anthony Rogers
4-star TE Nate Roberts
4-star WR Phillip Bell
4-star DL Jarquez Carter
4-star WR Bodpegn Miller
4-star TE Brody Lennon
4-star WR De'zie Jones
4-star DL Maxwell Roy
4-star IOL Jayvon McFadden
4-star DL Trajen Odom
4-star S DeShawn Stewart
4-star IOL Jake Cook
3-star S Cody Haddad
3-star LB Eli Lee
3-star RB Isaiah West
3-star CB Jordyn Woods
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