All of Ohio State’s returning assistants received rave reviews from Ryan Day in their performance reviews for 2024-25.
After helping Day lead Ohio State to a national championship last season, Ohio State’s head coach assessed that all seven of Ohio State’s returning assistant coaches – Brian Hartline, Carlos Locklyn, Keenan Bailey, Larry Johnson, James Laurinaitis, Tim Walton and Matt Guerrieri – performed “above expectations” for the 2024-25 academic year. General manager Mark Pantoni and director of sports performance Mickey Marotti were also graded as “above expectations.”
Ohio State’s three new full-time assistant coaches – defensive coordinator Matt Patricia, offensive line coach/run game coordinator Tyler Bowen and quarterbacks coach Billy Fessler – received grades of “meets expectations.