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Ryan Day Says Ohio State Has “Excellent” Pool of Candidates for Running Backs Coach Vacancy, Buckeyes “Want to Make Sure We Get the Right Guy”

Ryan Day isn’t worried about finding a high-quality replacement for Tony Alford.

Day didn’t know until last Wednesday, when Alford informed Ohio State he was leaving the Buckeyes to become the running backs coach at Michigan, that he would need to hire a new running backs coach for the 2024 season. But he says Ohio State hasn’t had a hard time finding qualified candidates who are interested in the job.

“I was made aware last week, and so now we're into the process of identifying replacements. Excited about the group that we've already identified, and I’m gonna be thorough in the process,” Day said.