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The King in the North: Kerry Coombs Continues to Spearhead Ohio State's Triumphs in the State of Michigan

I'm going to light the biggest fire the North has ever seen.

Back in 2012, Urban Meyer thought he found his cornerbacks coach — twice. After five years in Columbus, Taver Johnson decided to make the move to Fayetteville and join the Arkansas staff. A few weeks after the departure, the Buckeyes announced the hiring of Bill Sheridan. The Sheridan experiment was short-lived as he decided to head back to the NFL, electing to become the new defensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers just three short weeks after joining Meyer in Columbus.

At the time, Kerry Coombs was a name that was mostly known in the southwestern part of the state, primarily for his time spent as the University of Cincinnati's defensive backs coach and the 15 years leading one of the state's premier high school powers, the Colerain Cardinals.