Ohio State’s coaching staff is full of assistant coaches who have been in positions of power on previous staffs and/or have reasons to believe they should be on the Buckeyes’ staff.
Offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson used to be the head coach at Indiana. New quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator Mike Yurcich was previously the offensive coordinator at Oklahoma State, while offensive line coach Greg Studrawa served as offensive coordinator at LSU and Bowling Green. Running backs coach Tony Alford has been coaching at the Football Bowl Subdivision level since 1996 and holds the title of assistant head coach for offense.