If Ohio State wins its first three games of the 2018 season, Ryan Day could immediately emerge as one of college football’s top head coaching candidates for next offseason.
That’s because Day will serve as Ohio State’s interim head coach for the first three games of the upcoming season while Urban Meyer serves a three-game suspension.
Day was already considered to be one of the top up-and-coming coaches in college football, and expected to have the opportunity to become a head coach sooner than later. Ohio State ponied up to keep him on staff earlier this offseason – signing him to a three-year deal with a salary of $1 million for this season, and promoting him to offensive coordinator – after he turned down a potential opportunity to become a head coach at an SEC school (believed to be Mississippi State) in December.