On one end of the phone was Brian Hartline, Ohio State’s 33-year-old wide receivers coach. Jared Still, a 42-year old in the nascent stages of his career as a college coach, was on the other side of the call.
To most whose only experience in the profession has come as a first-year assistant wide receivers coach in Division III at the University of Chicago, talking ball with a football lifer who spent seven years playing wideout in the NFL before becoming a standout position coach on Ryan Day’s staff might be a bit nerve-wracking.
Not for Still.