In his first two seasons as Ohio State’s defensive coordinator, Greg Schiano also served as the Buckeyes’ safeties coach.
In his third season as the Buckeyes’ defensive coordinator, however, Schiano has the opportunity to work with every defensive position group equally.
The expansion of Football Bowl Subdivision coaching staffs from nine full-time assistants to 10 this offseason allowed the Buckeyes to hire Alex Grinch as their new co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach, freeing up Schiano – who is also the Buckeyes’ associate head coach, and is now Ohio State’s highest-paid assistant coach ever with a 2018 salary of $1.