Matt Guerrieri spent the 2022 season at Ohio State as a senior advisor and defensive analyst. In his first game as Indiana’s defensive play-caller, he’ll be coaching against the team he spent all of last season with.
That makes Guerrieri very familiar with Ohio State’s personnel and particularly its defensive scheme, as Guerrieri previously spent six years working alongside Jim Knowles at Duke before joining Knowles at Ohio State to help Knowles implement his scheme when he became the Buckeyes’ defensive coordinator last year. Given that, Knowles isn’t particularly excited about coaching against his protégé in the season opener.