While January is the first month of the college football offseason, new Ohio State head coach Ryan Day isn’t going to be able to take much time off.
As Day officially takes over head coaching responsibilities for the Buckeyes, his work over the next month will be crucial to setting his program up for success for the 2019 season and beyond.
First and foremost, Day must assemble his inaugural coaching staff. A head coach’s success is largely dependent on his ability to build a strong coaching staff around him, so choosing which coaches to retain and which coaches to add to the staff will be Day’s first major test in his first month on the job.