Ryan Day doesn’t have the typical background of an Ohio State head coach.
Paul Brown was from Massillon. Woody Hayes grew up in Newcomerstown. Earle Bruce grew up in Pennsylvania, but played at Ohio State. Jim Tressel was born in Mentor and went to high school in Berea. Urban Meyer grew up in Ashtabula.
Day, on the other hand, grew up in Manchester, New Hampshire, and had never lived in Ohio until he was hired as the Buckeyes’ co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2017.
Even so, the opportunity to be Ohio State’s head coach is one he says he has dreamed of for a long time.