Among most of Ohio State’s new coaches, there’s a common thread that stands out: They’re young, and relatively inexperienced, compared to many of the coaches the Buckeyes have hired in the past.
That starts at the top, of course, with new head coach Ryan Day, who is just 39 years old and has never been a head coach before. He’s the youngest coach to become the full-time head coach of the Buckeyes since 38-year-old Woody Hayes was hired in 1951, and the first coach to become the Buckeyes’ full-time head coach without previous head coaching experience since Paul Bixler in 1946.