Ryan Day arrived at Ohio State ahead of the 2017 season as the newly minted co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach after two previous stints as a college offensive coordinator and two years as an NFL quarterbacks coach.
Day was the offensive coordinator at Temple and Boston College before one-year stints with the Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers elevated his coaching stock, putting him firmly on Urban Meyer's short list. Meyer was hellbent on elevating Ohio State's offensive performance in the wake of Tim Beck's welcome departure from Columbus.
Of course Meyer was already familiar with Day, who served as a graduate assistant on Meyer's first Florida staff down in Gainesville back in 2005.