The Ohio State Buckeyes announce a host of staff changes, including the hiring of former Penn State assistant Tyler Bowen and a promotion for former Penn State quarterback Billy Fessler.
away from the Ohio State football staff, while two former Nittany Lions staff members are now coaching for the Buckeyes. Ohio State coach Ryan Day announced a series of staff changes Thursday, including the hiring of Tyler Bowen as offensive line coach and the promotion of Billy Fessler to quarterbacks coach. Both have history with Penn State.
He spent three years coaching tight ends at Penn State, where he also served as offensive recruiting coordinator. At Penn State, Bowen recruited tight end. Bowen also was the interim offensive coordinator for Penn State's 2019 Cotton Bowl win over Memphis. He left Penn State in 2021 for the Jacksonville Jaguars, where he spent the 2021 season as tight ends coach. Bowen joined Pry's staff at Virginia Tech in 2022.
As Bowen was nearly a decade ago, Fessler is considered one of the rising stars in coaching. A walk-on quarterback at Penn State, Fessler primarily served as the team's holder for field goals. After college, he embarked on a coaching career guided in part by Moorhead. Fessler served on Moorhead's staffs at Mississippi State, where he was a graduate assistant, and at Akron, where he was the quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator.
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