This situation seemed to have popped up out of nowhere. On Thursday morning, Jimmy's coaching staff was full on the offensive side and had two big holes on the defensive side after Ohio State's new coach went fishing in Jimmy's pond.
All of us were expecting two defensive coaches to be hired, as Pep was looking for an NFL job. Then Jimmy goes out and hires a young OC off of Alabama's staff that was expected to take the same role at Maryland.
Josh Gattis, is a high riser in the assistant coaching ranks. He has been coaching WR's at Vandy and Penn State for James Franklin before Nick hired him away to Alabama.