Coaches
Ryan Day
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Ryan Day*+
Head coach, Ohio State · Played at New Hampshire 1998-2001
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | New Hampshire | Position | TE | not known |
| 2003-2004 | Boston College | GA | GA | Tom O'Brien |
| 2005 | Florida | GA | GA | Urban Meyer |
| 2006 | Temple | Position | WR | Al Golden |
| 2007-2011 | Boston College | Position | WR | Jeff Jagodzinski (2007-2008), Frank Spaziani (2009-2011) |
| 2012 | Temple | OC | OC/WR✓ | Steve Addazio |
| 2013-2014 | Boston College | OC | OC/QB✓ | Steve Addazio |
| 2015 | Philadelphia Eagles (pro) | Position | QB | not known |
| 2016 | San Francisco 49ers (pro) | Position | QB | not known |
| 2017 | Ohio State | OC | co-OC/QB✓ | Urban Meyer |
| 2018 | Ohio State | Head coachinterim | OC/QB/acting HC | Urban Meyer |
| 2019- | Ohio State | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Temple | Offensive coordinator | 105 | 85 | 108 | 52 | 124 |
| 2013 | Boston College | Offensive coordinator | 85 | 60 | 99 | 97 | 125 |
| 2014 | Boston College | Offensive coordinator | 44 | 78 | 71 | 85 | 128 |
| 2017 | Ohio State | Co-offensive coordinator | 9 | 11 | 2 | 27 | 130 |
| 2018 | Ohio State | Offensive coordinator | 13 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 130 |
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Ohio State | 3-0 (3 of 14) | 5 → - | 13 | 45 | 24.1 | 86% wins | 130 |
| 2019 | Ohio State | 13-1 | 5 → 3 | 4 | 1 | 35.4 | 93% wins | 130 |
| 2020 | Ohio State | 7-1 | 2 → 2 | 7 | 60 | 28.4 | 93% wins | 127 |
| 2021 | Ohio State | 11-2 | 4 → 6 | 2 | 28 | 29.3 | 88% wins | 130 |
| 2022 | Ohio State | 11-2 | 2 → 4 | 2 | 19 | 31.1 | 85% wins | 131 |
| 2023 | Ohio State | 11-2 | 3 → 10 | 14 | 5 | 25.2 | 85% wins | 133 |
| 2024 | Ohio State | 14-2 | 2 → 1 | 2 | 1 | 31.2 | 85% wins | 134 |
| 2025 | Ohio State | 12-2 | 3 → 5 | 7 | 5 | 30.1 | 88% wins | 136 |
| 2026 | Ohio State | 6-3 | - → - | 25 | 20 | 24.0 | 86% wins | 138 |
Worked under
- Tom O'Brien · Boston College 2003-2004 (GA)
- Urban Meyer · Florida 2005 (GA)
- Al Golden · Temple 2006 (Position)
- Jeff Jagodzinski · Boston College 2007-2008 (Position)
- Frank Spaziani · Boston College 2009-2011 (Position)
- Steve Addazio · Temple 2012 (OC, Position)
- Steve Addazio · Boston College 2013-2014 (OC, Position)
- Urban Meyer · Ohio State 2017-2018 (OC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 30
- Brian Hartline* · Ohio State 2019-2025 (OC, Position)
- Chandler Whitmer · Ohio State 2019 (GA)
- Greg Mattison · Ohio State 2019-2020 (DC)
- Greg Studrawa · Ohio State 2019-2021 (Position)
- Jeff Hafley · Ohio State 2019 (DC, Position)
- Keenan Bailey · Ohio State 2019-2026 (Analyst, OC, Other, Position)
- Kevin Wilson · Ohio State 2019-2022 (OC, Position)
- Larry Johnson · Ohio State 2019-2026 (Other, Position)
- Matt Barnes · Ohio State 2019-2021 (DC, Other, Position, ST coord.)
- Mike Yurcich · Ohio State 2019 (Other, Position)
- Sean Duggan · Ohio State 2019 (GA)
- Billy Fessler · Ohio State 2020-2026 (Analyst, GA, Position)
- Corey Dennis · Ohio State 2020-2023 (Position)
- Joe Bolden · Ohio State 2020-2021 (Analyst)
- Kerry Coombs · Ohio State 2020-2021 (DC)
- Paul Rhoads · Ohio State 2021 (Analyst)
- Ricky Brown · Ohio State 2021 (Analyst)
- Todd Fitch · Ohio State 2021-2023 (Analyst)
- Jim Knowles · Ohio State 2022-2024 (DC)
- Justin Frye · Ohio State 2022-2024 (Position)
- Matt Guerrieri · Ohio State 2022-2026 (Analyst, Other, Position)
- Perry Eliano · Ohio State 2022-2023 (Position)
- Tim Walton · Ohio State 2022-2026 (DC, Other, Position)
- Chip Kelly · Ohio State 2024 (OC, Position)
- Tim Drevno · Ohio State 2024 (Analyst)
- Matt Patricia · Ohio State 2025-2026 (DC)
- Taver Johnson · Ohio State 2025-2026 (Position)
- Tyler Bowen · Ohio State 2025-2026 (Position)
- Arthur Smith · Ohio State 2026 (OC)
- Cortez Hankton · Ohio State 2026 (Position)
Level 2: on their staffs · 14
- Aazaar Abdul-Rahim · Boston College 2020-2023 (DC, Other, Position) · under Jeff Hafley
- Frank Cignetti Jr. · Boston College 2020-2021 (OC, Position) · under Jeff Hafley
- Joe Dailey · Boston College 2020-2021 (Position) · under Jeff Hafley
- Rich Gunnell · Boston College 2020-2021 (Position) · under Jeff Hafley
- Steve Shimko · Boston College 2020-2023 (OC, Position) · under Jeff Hafley
- Tem Lukabu · Boston College 2020-2022 (DC) · under Jeff Hafley
- John McNulty · Boston College 2022 (OC) · under Jeff Hafley
- Chris Polizzi · Tulsa 2023-2024 (DC) · under Kevin Wilson
- Ryan McCarthy · Boston College 2023 (Other) · under Jeff Hafley
- Ryan Stanchek · Tulsa 2023 (Position) · under Kevin Wilson
- Ryan Switzer · Tulsa 2023-2024 (Other, Position) · under Kevin Wilson
- Steve Spurrier Jr. · Tulsa 2023-2024 (OC, Other, Position) · under Kevin Wilson
- Josh Aldridge · South Florida 2026 (DC) · under Brian Hartline
- Tim Beck · South Florida 2026 (OC) · under Brian Hartline
Coached together
- Chip Kelly · New Hampshire 2002 · him Position, them OC
- Sean McDonnell · New Hampshire 2002 · him Position, them Head coach
- Tony Trisciani · New Hampshire 2002 · him Position, them Position
- Bill McGovern · Boston College 2003-2011 · him GA, Position, them DC, Position
- Dana Bible · Boston College 2003-2004 · him GA, them OC, Position
- Tom O'Brien · Boston College 2003-2004 · him GA, them Head coach
- Billy Gonzales · Florida 2005 · him GA, them Position
- Charlie Strong · Florida 2005 · him GA, them DC, Other, Position
- Chuck Heater · Florida 2005 · him GA, them Other, Position
- Dan Mullen* · Florida 2005 · him GA, them OC, Position
- Doc Holliday · Florida 2005 · him GA, them Other, Position
- Greg Mattison · Florida 2005 · him GA, them DC, Position
- John Hevesy · Florida 2005 · him GA, them Position
- Stan Drayton · Florida 2005 · him GA, them Position
- Steve Addazio · Florida 2005 · him GA, them Position
- Urban Meyer · Florida 2005 · him GA, them Head coach
- Al Golden · Temple 2006 · him Position, them Head coach
- George DeLeone · Temple 2006 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Jeff Nixon · Temple 2006 · him Position, them Position
- Mark D'Onofrio · Temple 2006 · him Position, them DC
- Matt Rhule* · Temple 2006 · him Position, them Position
- Frank Spaziani · Boston College 2007-2011 · him Position, them DC, Head coach
- Jack Bicknell · Boston College 2007-2008 · him Position, them Position
- Jeff Jagodzinski · Boston College 2007-2008 · him Position, them Head coach
- Steve Logan · Boston College 2007-2008 · him Position, them OC
- Dave Brock · Boston College 2009 · him Position, them Position
- Gary Tranquill · Boston College 2009-2010 · him Position, them OC
- Kevin Rogers · Boston College 2011 · him Position, them OC
- Ben Albert · Temple 2012 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Chuck Heater · Temple 2012 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
- Fran Brown* · Temple 2012 · him OC, Position, them GA
- Justin Frye · Temple 2012 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Kevin Rogers · Temple 2012 · him OC, Position, them Other, Position
- Steve Addazio · Temple 2012 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Ben Albert · Boston College 2013-2014 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Don Brown · Boston College 2013-2014 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
- Justin Frye · Boston College 2013-2014 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Rich Gunnell · Boston College 2013 · him OC, Position, them GA
- Steve Addazio · Boston College 2013-2014 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Todd Fitch · Boston College 2013-2014 · him OC, Position, them Other, Position
- Vinny Marino · Boston College 2014 · him OC, Position, them Analyst
- Brian Hartline* · Ohio State 2017-2025 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them Analyst, OC, Position
- Greg Schiano* · Ohio State 2017-2018 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them DC, Other
- Greg Studrawa · Ohio State 2017-2021 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them Position
- Kerry Coombs · Ohio State 2017-2021 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them DC, Position, ST coord.
- Kevin Wilson · Ohio State 2017-2022 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them OC, Position
- Larry Johnson · Ohio State 2017-2026 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them Other, Position
- Urban Meyer · Ohio State 2017-2018 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them Head coach
- Alex Grinch · Ohio State 2018 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them DC, Position
- Taver Johnson · Ohio State 2018-2026 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them Position
- Chandler Whitmer · Ohio State 2019 · him Head coach, them GA
- Greg Mattison · Ohio State 2019-2020 · him Head coach, them DC
- Jeff Hafley · Ohio State 2019 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Keenan Bailey · Ohio State 2019-2026 · him Head coach, them Analyst, OC, Other, Position
- Matt Barnes · Ohio State 2019-2021 · him Head coach, them DC, Other, Position, ST coord.
- Mike Yurcich · Ohio State 2019 · him Head coach, them Other, Position
- Sean Duggan · Ohio State 2019 · him Head coach, them GA
- Billy Fessler · Ohio State 2020-2026 · him Head coach, them Analyst, GA, Position
- Corey Dennis · Ohio State 2020-2023 · him Head coach, them Position
- Joe Bolden · Ohio State 2020-2021 · him Head coach, them Analyst
- Paul Rhoads · Ohio State 2021 · him Head coach, them Analyst
- Ricky Brown · Ohio State 2021 · him Head coach, them Analyst
- Todd Fitch · Ohio State 2021-2023 · him Head coach, them Analyst
- Jim Knowles · Ohio State 2022-2024 · him Head coach, them DC
- Justin Frye · Ohio State 2022-2024 · him Head coach, them Position
- Matt Guerrieri · Ohio State 2022-2026 · him Head coach, them Analyst, Other, Position
- Perry Eliano · Ohio State 2022-2023 · him Head coach, them Position
- Tim Walton · Ohio State 2022-2026 · him Head coach, them DC, Other, Position
- Chip Kelly · Ohio State 2024 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Tim Drevno · Ohio State 2024 · him Head coach, them Analyst
- Matt Patricia · Ohio State 2025-2026 · him Head coach, them DC
- Tyler Bowen · Ohio State 2025-2026 · him Head coach, them Position
- Arthur Smith · Ohio State 2026 · him Head coach, them OC
- Cortez Hankton · Ohio State 2026 · him Head coach, them Position
Played together
- Dan Curran · New Hampshire 1998-2000
- Tim Cramsey · New Hampshire 1998