The first time Kerry Coombs walked into the Woody Hayes Athletic Center and saw Marcus Williamson, he told the senior cornerback that he’s “the same player that I recruited.” Williamson might as well have said something similar to Coombs, Ohio State’s new defensive coordinator in his second stint in Columbus.
“If you know anything about coach Coombs, you know he always brings the energy,” Williamson said.
That certainly hasn’t changed.
Both of their paths, however, took turns neither of them could have foreseen years ago when Coombs began Williamson as a 15-year-old out of Westerville or when he inked the one-time four-star recruit to a National Letter of Intent in the 2017 recruiting cycle.