The Ohio State Buckeyes hired Bill O’Brien to be their next offensive coordinator. It lasted all of 21 days as O’Brien left for another coaching opportunity. It has been reported the Buckeyes have zeroed in on their next target, former UCLA head coach Chip Kelly.
Ohio State Buckeyes Lose Bill O’Brien
Kelly takes over the offensive coordinator role from Bill O’Brien, who is now the Head Coach at Boston College. O’Brien was hired back in January by the Ohio State Buckeyes, but he is heading back to his roots in Massachusetts. Most recently, O’Brien was the offensive coordinator of the New England Patriots and has been a head coach for the Houston Texans and Penn State Nittany Lions.
The Boston College Head Coach became available when former head coach Jeff Hafley was hired as the Green Bay Packers Defensive Coordinator. On his decision to leave BC, Hafley said, “I want to go coach football again in a league that is all about football; college coaching has become fundraising, NIL, and recruiting your own team and transfers. There’s no time to coach football anymore. A lot of things that he went back to college for have disappeared.”
Ohio State Buckeyes Hire Chip Kelly
Kelly was the UCLA Head Coach for six seasons following two stints as an NFL head coach with the San Francisco 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles. He was reportedly not enamored with UCLA’s NIL collective and interviewed to be the Seattle Seahawks OC earlier this week.
The Ohio State Buckeyes went 11-2 in 2023 but, for the third consecutive year, lost to their hated rival, Michigan. To make matters worse, the Wolverines went 15-0 and won the College Football Playoff National Championship in January. There is immense pressure on Ryan Day to win in 2024 with the talent he has on the roster.
This has been an offseason of massive turnover with Jim Harbaugh going back to the NFL to coach the Los Angeles Chargers and Ohio State, playing a game of musical chairs at the OC position. With the Big Ten expanding in 2024, winning the conference is going to be much more difficult. Will Chip Kelly be able to lead the Ohio State Buckeyes to a Big Ten Championship?
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