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Skull Session: Ryan Day Says Tim Walton is “Gonna Be a Huge Part” of Ohio State’s Defensive Game Planning, TreVeyon Henderson’s High-Ceiling Comparison is Hall of Famer Curtis Martin
Ryan Day says Tim Walton is "gonna be a huge part" of Ohio State's defensive game planning, and TreVeyon Henderson's high-ceiling comparison is Hall of Famer Curtis Martin.
MATT PATRICIA *HANDSHAKE* TIM WALTON. Last week, Ryan Day and thousands more boarded the Buckeye Cruise for Cancer. As the cruise sailed from Grand Cayman to Jamaica and the Bahamas, Dom Tiberi of 10TV interviewed the Ohio State head coach to learn more about his experience on the cruise following a national championship, as well as the football program's plans for the offseason.
On whether Ohio State's national championship has "sunk in"
On Ohio State's 2025 team rebuilding the culture
On Matt Patricia, Ohio State's defensive staff
On what he learned from the 2024 season
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Ohio State football: Ryan Day is trying not to meddle with Brain Hartline again
The Ohio State head coach is trying his best to let his offensive coordinator run the offense completely.
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Ohio State football: Ryan Day is trying not to meddle with Brain Hartline again
The Ohio State head coach is trying his best to let his offensive coordinator run the offense completely.
The Ohio State football team will have a new offensive coordinator this year. Now that Chip Kelly is with the Las Vegas Raiders, Ryan Day decided to promote Brian Hartline to be the offensive coordinator. While he was technically co-OC last year, he didn't call the plays.
Now Hartline will run the entire offense. He will call the plays and set the offensive game plan every single week. This isn't the first time that Hartline has had these duties. Day tried to give him these duties two years ago and allow him to be the full-time offensive coordinator.
Day ended up taking back play-calling duties right after Spring ball was over, so Hartline never got a chance to see what he could do. This year, Day has decided that he is going to let Hartline call the plays no matter what, and he's doing his best to stay out of his way.
Ryan Day is doing his best to let Brian Hartline run the Ohio State football team's offense
While talking to the media on Friday for the first time before Spring ball, Day mentioned that he is trying his best to let Hartline run all of the meetings with the offense. It's really hard for him not to take over and start doing things as he did before Chip Kelly came to Columbus.
The Ohio State football team will have a new offensive coordinator this year. Now that Chip Kelly is with the Las Vegas Raiders, Ryan Day decided to promote Brian Hartline to be the offensive coordinator. While he was technically co-OC last year, he didn't call the plays.
Now Hartline will run the entire offense. He will call the plays and set the offensive game plan every single week. This isn't the first time that Hartline has had these duties. Day tried to give him these duties two years ago and allow him to be the full-time offensive coordinator.
Day ended up taking back play-calling duties right after Spring ball was over, so Hartline never got a chance to see what he could do. This year, Day has decided that he is going to let Hartline call the plays no matter what, and he's doing his best to stay out of his way.
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Just sayin': I hope so. I credit Chip Kelly's "run first" play calling for the loss to scUM this year. He kept running the ball into scUM's DL (where there was a couple 1st round NFL draft picks). Ohio State averaged 5.3 yards per pass play vs 3.0 yards per run. The average reception was for just 9.2 yards. Had he of opened up the passing game like he did in the CFPs I believe we would have won The Game. Of course not missing 2 field goals (38 & 34 yards) would have helped to.
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I wonder why he's so relaxed
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Ryan Day Sees Ohio State’s National Championship Run As Testimony That Buckeyes Are Doing Things the Right Way
Ryan Day thinks the national championship run gave credibility to Ohio State’s culture, system and process, and he’s keeping the same approach as the Buckeyes gear up for 2025.
Ryan Day Sees Ohio State’s National Championship Run As Testimony That Buckeyes Are Doing Things the Right Way
Nearly two months from removed from winning it all, the glow of championship glory still shined through Day. Although he admitted that he’s “never happy” coming out of the first day of spring practice because of all the issues that need to be cleaned up, Day had a loose demeanor during his first press conference of the spring as he expressed confidence about his 2025 team, talked about what winning a national championship did for him and his program and personally addressed multiple media members while making lighthearted comments.
“Yeah, I'm definitely more relaxed,” Day said with a laugh in response to a query on whether it feels different being Ohio State’s head coach now that he’s won a national championship. “To say I'm not is crazy. There's no question. Yeah, we're in a different place than we were a couple months ago. I mean, let's call it for what it is.”
Day went from the hot seat to the catbird seat over the course of four College Football Playoff games in December and January. A pariah in Columbus after Ohio State suffered its fourth straight loss to Michigan in November, Day established himself as one of college football’s elite coaches by leading the Buckeyes to decisive wins over Tennessee, Oregon, Texas and Notre Dame in the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff.
Day views that championship run as testimony that he is running Ohio State’s program the right way. While the road to winning last year’s national championship wasn’t easy, the Buckeyes ultimately prevailed in the end because they trusted the process.
“You have to trust your process and trust your culture,” Day said Monday. “And really, to me, what that last run just solidified, I think for everybody in the building, is just the culture works, the system works. How we do it, our process works. It just gave credibility to everything we're doing. And truth be told, when you're a first-time head coach and you haven’t done it before and you become the head coach at Ohio State, you typically don't get the benefit of the doubt until you win it all. Because you haven't really done it yet, it's like anything else. And so now we have the testimony moving forward. And I think for our guys, that's the most powerful thing we can do.”
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Ryan Day Clears Feelings on Chip Kelly’s $6M NFL Move After OSU HC Breaks Silence on Jim Knowles’ B1G Switch
Well, Ryan Day cleared the air in an interview on 97.1 The Fan FM, posted by WBNS 10TV on April 8. With Kelly’s departure to the league, he wasn’t blindsided at all. “When we talked about it last year, I knew that it was something that he was interested in possibly looking at the NFL again,” he said. “I had no expectations of him staying for more than a year.” Day brought Kelly in with a purpose — help him manage the offense while he stopped calling plays, guide the Buckeyes to a championship, then explore the league again. And that’s exactly how it played out.“You come in here, we win a National Championship, and then you have an opportunity to go see what’s out there for yourself in the NFL,” Ryan Day added. “So, not something that surprised me, but happy for him and certainly did a great job when he’s here.” Now, Kelly’s banking $6 million a year, per NFL Network’s Albert Breer, and calling plays for the Raiders. No way he could’ve turned that down!
OSU’s offer couldn’t match what Penn State put on the table — $9.3 million and the freedom to fully run his scheme. Knowles reportedly didn’t even get an invite to the Buckeyes’ natty celebration while sorting things out. Ouch! Day, for his part, played it cool — “I’m probably not gonna get into all the details of it all,” he said. “He did a great job for three years, and he’s from Pennsylvania and all those types of things. And so, happy that he’s at a place that he wants to be.”
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Ryan Day's Massive $1.4M Initiative Leaves CFB Nation Baffled as They Clear Feelings on OSU HC
Ryan Day’s $1.4M investment wins praise across CFB; fans hail bold leadership and vision for Ohio State’s future.
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Ryan Day’s Massive $1.4M Initiative Leaves CFB Nation Baffled as They Clear Feelings on OSU HC
“It was rough, but you’ve gotta hang on in those rough times because eventually things will turn back around again,” Ryan Day’s son, R.J., said. That one line captures everything the Day family went through over the past few months. From relentless fan backlash to death threats, losing four straight to Michigan had Ohio State fans turning on their head coach. When the Buckeyes took that tough 13-10 L in The Game, you could practically hear the job security chatter get louder and the buyout whispers started swirling. And it wasn’t just Ryan Day who took the hit—his family took it too. The criticism seeped beyond the field, into the personal lives of the people closest to him. Yet through it all, they stuck around. They hung in. And then, everything changed.One national title flipped the entire narrative. Just like that, Ryan Day went from being on the hot seat to being one of the most celebrated coaches in college football. The same fans who once doubted him came back with full support. Now? He’s paying it forward. In an incredible move that stunned not just Buckeye Nation but the entire college football world, Ryan Day made headlines by donating his entire $1.4 million bonus and endorsement money to charity and homelessness support organizations.
Let that sink in. Not a portion—all of it. As longtime Buckeyes supporter Bev Ferguson posted on X: “BREAKING NEWS: Coach Ryan Day of the Ohio State team has donated his entire $1.4 million bonus and endorsement contract to charities and homelessness support organizations. Much respect!” Yeah, massive respect. Most coaches take the bonus and keep it pushing. Ryan Day chose to make an impact that goes way beyond wins and losses.
And this isn’t just a one-time act of generosity. Ryan Day and his wife, Christina Spirou, have been committed to giving back for years. In 2022, they pledged $1 million to support mental health research and treatment through Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine. They followed that up with another $1 million donation and even started The Christina and Ryan Day Fund for Pediatric and Adolescent Mental Wellness at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
Mental health is something deeply personal to Ryan Day. He lost his father to suicide when he was just nine years old. That experience shaped him. He doesn’t talk about it often, but when he does, it’s clear how much it still sits with him. “The mental health thing has always been important to me based on the way that I grew up and some of the things that I experienced growing up,” Day shared on The Triple Option Podcast. “Through Nationwide Children’s and through OSU, I think Columbus is the leader in the country in the mental health space.”
He’s not just showing up with words—he’s showing up with action. He’s built a culture at Ohio State that prioritizes mental wellness, not just performance. And now, with this latest $1.4 million gesture, it’s impossible to ignore the kind of difference he’s making. “I think it’s important, as the head coach, to be a leader in that area and to make sure that we’re doing our part, giving back to all those who do so much for us,” Day said. That mindset is slowly shifting public opinion. Buckeye fans, and even the broader CFB world, are beginning to see the bigger picture.
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I never once questioned his character. Day is a good man.
(Now just win The Game a bit more mmkay?)
(Now just win The Game a bit more mmkay?)
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