Jeff Hafley wasn’t planning to leave Ohio State after just one season, but ultimately, the opportunity to become the head coach at Boston College was one he felt like he couldn’t pass up.
“I never thought that I would leave Ryan after one season,” Hafley said in his introductory press conference at Boston College on Monday morning. “Quite honestly, that’s not what I planned on doing. But when this one opened, it felt special, and it felt right. And that’s why I’m here.”
As he made his first official press conference at Boston College’s head coach on Monday, flanked by BC athletic director (and former Ohio State deputy athletic director) Martin Jarmond, Hafley expressed his gratitude to Day – as well as Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith and the rest of the OSU community – for giving him the opportunity to be the Buckeyes’ co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach.