The Ohio State Buckeyes had a difficult close to the 2023 college football season after the team fell to the Michigan Wolverines to close out the regular season before managing just three points in a Cotton Bowl loss to the Missouri Tigers. But Ohio State made a major addition to their staff that they will undoubtedly hope will help the team leading into next season.
On Friday morning, the Ohio State Buckeyes officially announced that the team had hired Bill O’Brien as the team’s new offensive coordinator. O’Brien previously served as the head coach of both the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Houston Texans and served as an offensive coordinator for the Alabama Crimson Tide in 2021 and 2022 before becoming the Patriots’ offensive coordinator this season.
“I am extremely pleased to be able to add Bill O’Brien to our coaching staff,” Ohio State head coach Ryan Day said Friday according to Eleven Warriors. “He brings with him a wealth of knowledge – and a tremendous amount of success – at both the NFL and collegiate levels. He is an excellent and experienced offensive coach who has run NFL and Power 5 programs and developed some truly elite players throughout his career. He’ll be an excellent teacher and recruiter for us, and he absolutely strengthens our staff.”
We’ll have to see what changes O’Brien brings to the Ohio State offense.
