Since taking over as the wide receivers coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes, Brian Hartline has emerged as arguably the top position coach and recruiter in all of college football and has recently earned a promotion to the team’s offensive coordinator. But it doesn’t sound like he wants to be at Ohio State forever.
During a recent interview with the Barstool Sports podcast Bussin’ With the Boys, Brian Hartline admitted that even though he loves Ohio State, his “heart’s in the NFL” and that one day he would like to coach in the league.
“In my soul, I’m an NFL guy,” Hartline said on the podcast, according to Eleven Warriors. “I love the NFL. I think it is the All-Star League of college football. I don’t care where you’re from – what school, small or big – it’s full of the best players in the world. There are no better players. I love that. I love that the degree of separation is so small.”
“I love my alma mater at Ohio State,” Hartline said. “My heart’s in the NFL. I think one day I’d want to coach there, and that’s the reality of it. When? I don’t know. My in-laws are here, and my wife’s from Columbus. There’s a big foundation that’s been built here. I love coaching the receivers. When I started, I was like, ‘I’ll be the receivers coach for the next 15 to 20 years. Leave me alone. I’m good.’ But then that grows.”
We’ll have to see how long Hartline chooses to stay at Ohio State before pursuing his dream of coaching in the NFL.
