Winning a national championship is the goal that every coach works toward in their careers and Ryan Day finally won his following the 2024-25 season. For a coach who was under immense pressure earlier in the season,

Tressel, of course, was speaking from experience through the lens of what current coach Ryan Day and his family go through on a weekly basis in Columbus. "The next day they're saying you're horrible and you're really not.

As Ryan Day looks to hire his fourth defensive coordinator in seven seasons, here are potential candidates to replace Jim Knowles.

Former Ohio State football head coach Jim Tressel had a feeling that the Buckeyes would respond well after losing to Michigan.

"That's a tough team and tough teams can win tournaments," Tressel told 247Sports after Monday's game. With one of the nation's most-talented returning rosters strengthened by a handful of high-end transfer portal additions,

ATLANTA – Ryan Day entered Monday's College Football Playoff title game ... Paul Brown won a title in his second season at Ohio State, Woody Hayes in his fourth, Jim Tressel in his second, Urban Meyer in his third. Day, 45, wondered whether his time ...

Grade the take: Ryan Day is on the same level as Jim Tressel, Urban Meyer and Woody Hayes if he wins the national title vs. Notre Dame Galloway's statement carries a heavy connotation in that Day ...

Former Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel discusses his former player Marcus Freeman ahead of national championship showdown.

Jim Tressel admits watching the College Football ... He enjoyed more opportunities at practice around coach Ryan Day and some of his former players on the staff. Yet one of his Buckeyes ...

Ohio State coach Ryan Day celebrated his team after the Buckeyes captured the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship with a 34-23 win over Notre Dame on Monday. Despite losing a pair of regular-season games,

Takeaways from Ohio State's national championship on Day, a historically great resume, Will Howard, keys to the title run and what's next.

Jim Knowles departed OSU for the defensive coordinator job at Penn State on Sunday and it will be interesting to see where Ryan Day ... of Pa.). If Day wants him and can pry him away from Cignetti, Haines sure checks a lot of boxes. Tressel, 51, is the ...