James Laurinaitis is returning to Ohio State.
The former Buckeye linebacker is joining Ohio State’s staff as a defensive graduate assistant after one year in the same role at Notre Dame, sources confirmed to Eleven Warriors on Friday.
Laurinaitis will serve as an assistant linebackers coach, filling the role held last season by Koy McFarland, who is now the linebackers coach at Tulsa.
“I am thrilled for our program and especially for our current and future Buckeyes who will benefit so much from having James on staff,” Ryan Day said in a news release by Ohio State.