Jim Knowles, Tim Walton, Perry Eliano and Justin Frye join six returning assistants on Ohio State’s full-time coaching staff while the support staff also features many new faces for the 2022 season.
Kevin Wilson also remains on staff for his sixth season as Ohio State's offensive coordinator and tight ends coach, a role in which he's worked alongside Day for his entire tenure with the Buckeyes, as Day initially joined Ohio State's staff as co-offensive coordinator in 2017 before succeeding Urban Meyer as head coach after the 2018 season.
"I don't want the fans to know what defense we're in before the snap," Knowles said during a recent interview on Big Ten Network."So that would be a good way to describe it is we want to be simple but multiple … I think as a defense, you need to have great disguise, be able to attack from all angles. And you really need to be able to do it at a fast pace.
Walton brings an NFL pedigree to Ohio State with more than a decade of experience coaching defensive backs at the highest level. In contrast, Eliano coached both the Jim Thorpe Award winner and a top-five NFL draft pick at Cincinnati last season. Their influence on Ohio State's secondary has already been apparent in the spring game and practices, as defensive backs – much to the delight of many Buckeye fans – have been seen turning their heads to make more plays on the ball.
"I like the scheme. I like what Jim's doing. I like what our defensive staff is doing," Day said."I think Tim and Perry and Larry do a great job. They teach effort. They teach fundamentals. I like what's going on." "We've always worked together. It's not been about your play, my play. It's what do we do, how do we do it, how do we work together and our group right now is doing that as good as we've done," Wilson said this spring.
Keenan Bailey is back at Ohio State for his seventh season as a key behind-the-scenes staffer for the Buckeyes.
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