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2026 tOSU Special Teams Discussion

Added another long snapper.

Five-star long snapper, ranked 16th long snapper in class of 2024.

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Re: After a great conversation with @theGunnerDaniel and Coach Key I’m excited to announce that I’ve committed to @OhioStateFB!!

Just sayin': Apparently Ohio State does have a "kicking coach" or at least somebody that is referred to as a kicking coach.


Rob Keys

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  • Title: Quality Control - Kicking
Rob Keys enters his second season as a quality control coach at Ohio State in 2023. He will work with the Buckeyes’ special teams.

Keys spent 11 years at the helm of the University of Findlay football program, accumulating a 75-42 (.641) overall record. In 2021, leading the Oilers to their first conference title since joining the NCAA Division II ranks. For his efforts, he was named the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) Coach of the Year and was voted the NCAA Division II Region 3 Coach of the Year.

During his time at Findlay, Keys led the Oilers to a pair of appearances in the NCAA Division II playoffs (2017, 2021) and coached ten players who achieved NCAA Division II All-American accolades. 179 of his athletes have earned all-conference accolades as well.

Keys was hired as the head coach at Findlay on Dec. 16, 2010 and also spent time as the Oilers co-defensive coordinator and special teams coordinator from 2000-04. Keys spent time coaching at West Virginia University, his alma mater, Indiana State University, Slippery Rock University, and the University of New Hampshire.

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Gunner Daniel

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  • Position: Program Assistant - Special Teams
  • Alma Mater: Wagner '20 / Boston College '22
  • Hometown: Marysville, Ohio
  • Year in Coaching: First (First at Ohio State)
A long snapper during his playing career at Wagner College and Boston College, Gunner Daniel joined the Ohio State coaching staff in 2023 is a program assistant working with the special teams.

Daniel has additional coaching experience as a graduate assistant at the 2023 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl. He also served as a lead instructor at the Hammer Kicking Academy.

As a player, Gunner was a two-year starter and All-NEC selection at Wagner before finishing his career at Boston College in 2022.

A native of Marysville, Ohio, Daniel earned his bachelor’s degree from Wagner in 2020 and a master’s in sports administration from Boston College in 2022.
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Pittsburgh Steelers (official thread)

Mike Tomlin's wife Kiya breaks silence on Steelers coach's shocking departure

The fashion designer reacts to the coach stepping down in Pittsburgh after 19 seasons in heartfelt posts.

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Mike Tomlin stepped down as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers after 19 seasons and none of them with a losing record. While the shock around the league is still fresh, his wife broke her silence after the bombshell news that hit three days ago.

The 53-year-old coach Tomlin released a statement on Tuesday, January 13, following an ugly 30-6 loss to the Houston Texans in the Wild Card round in Pittsburgh.

His fashion designer wife posted on Instagram her own words on what the news has meant to her in four parts:

Part 1: A LEGACY FORGED: COACH TOMLIN​

“As many of you are aware, my husband has stepped down from his position as Head Coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. I want to take a moment to share something from my heart.

I am incredibly proud of all he has accomplished, both on and off the field. Over the past few days, the messages and testimonies shared by current and former players — the men who knew him best — have been deeply moving. They’ve affirmed what I’ve always known to be true about his purpose and character.
His mission began long before the titles and headlines, back when we first met in college, and it has never wavered.”
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Part 2: MORE THAN A COACH: A MENTOR​

From the very beginning, his purpose was clear: to help young men become great individuals. Coaching and fatherhood became the avenues through which he lived out that calling.

To me, the men who passed through his locker rooms over more than 30 years of coaching, our own children, and the hundreds of young people across the region he personally poured into — that is his true legacy.

They are his coaching tree, and that is the achievement we are most proud of.”
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Part 3: THE COACH T COLLECTION​

“The Coach T Collection was my way of sharing that mentorship with the world — capturing the lessons, discipline, and mindset that shaped so many lives.
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While I don’t yet know what our next chapter looks like, what I do know is that I am deeply grateful for the journey the Coach T Collection represented.”
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Ohio State vs. UCLA, Saturday Jan. 17, 1pm EST, CBS

Actually I'm so old school that I don't listen to young whippersnappers like Tim McGraw. He's much too young for me.
The Preds play that when they score a goal at home. (I know most of you are really closet Preds fans). That's the only place I know it from.
I worked security on that Tour for him a looooooonng time ago. He was a pretty cool guy from what I saw.
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2024 tOSU Recruiting Discussion

My buddys son played college soccer at MSU. He got a half scholarship for 2 of his 4 years. And, he was highly recruited.
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