Ohio State will have the same number of full-time assistant coaches on offense and defense in 2024 for the first time in four years.
After Parker Fleming replaced Greg Mattison in 2021, Ohio State had only four full-time defensive assistant coaches for the last three years with Fleming focused on coaching special teams. Now, however, Ohio State is back to having five full-time coaches on the defensive side of the ball as Ryan Day chose to forgo hiring another dedicated special teams coach, instead promoting James Laurinaitis from graduate assistant to linebackers coach.
As a result, Ohio State’s 2024 coaching staff could be the most balanced coaching staff Day has had in his tenure as head coach.