While Al Washington spent the last year wearing maize and blue, he grew up dreaming of being a Buckeye.
As a kid in Columbus whose father, Al Washington Sr., was a linebacker for Ohio State from 1977 to 1980, Washington had visions of donning the scarlet and gray himself.
“You grow up in Columbus, you’re born with a Buckeye in your crib. My father played for Woody Hayes, so you could imagine (what it was like),” Washington said last year in an interview with 247Sports’ Sam Webb.
Now, Washington will get the opportunity to wear the scarlet and gray – as a coach.