OT: [247Sports] RUMOR: Washington State DC Alex Grinch will leave to be Ohio State's 10th assistant coach
Grinch has been the defensive coordinator under Mike Leach for the last three seasons. While there, he has made a large impact on the program, turning around the defense, and having them improve from 103rd nationally to 28th in yards per play allowed, and from 117th to 47th in scoring.
Sources tell Bucknuts that multiple coaches have targeted Grinch for their staff, including Willie Taggart at Florida State, Chad Morris at Arkansas, and Jimbo Fisher at Texas A&M, at a minimum. Grinch, though, will return home, as he is originally from Columbus suburb Grove City, and played for Mount Union during his college career. He also overlapped for some time with Ohio State co-offensive coordinator and QB coach Ryan Day, while the two were at New Hampshire.
Alex Grinch will be most likely be taking the co-DC position that has been vacant since former DC Luke Fickell went to Cincinnati. Not sure why Grinch would decide to take essentially a demotion from a DC that gets full credit for a defense under Mike Leach to a co-DC that has to split credit with current DC Greg Schiano.
WSU Defensive Coordinator Alex Grinch will speak to the media during Bowl week in regards to his future status with the team, but all signs point to Columbus and that 10th assistant job with Ohio State. https://t.co/CAuJb1U6C8
— Evan Closky (@KREMEvan) December 22, 2017
Are there any rumors on who Harbaugh is targeting for Michigan's 10th assistant coach? I have heard some chatter about Harbaugh looking at Dan Enos, former Arkansas OC, CMU HC, and MSU RB/QB coach.
December 24th, 2017 at 2:39 PM ^
Grinch sounds like he will fit in just fine at osu.
December 24th, 2017 at 2:54 PM ^
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December 24th, 2017 at 5:28 PM ^
Actually bears more of a resemblance to Mark Dantonio.
December 25th, 2017 at 11:07 AM ^
Funny
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December 24th, 2017 at 9:26 PM ^
who will we add as the extra coach for 2018?
December 24th, 2017 at 2:40 PM ^
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Wow - Bold prediction!
December 24th, 2017 at 2:48 PM ^
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December 24th, 2017 at 3:11 PM ^
I do wonder though what Dan Enos's position would be if he came...
- OC/OL Tim Drevno
- co-OC/QB Dan Enos
- Passing Game Coordinator/WR Pep Hamiliton
- Run Game Coordinator/OT Greg Frey
- RB/co-STC Jay Harbaugh
Seems like a lot of cooks in the kitchen
December 24th, 2017 at 4:01 PM ^
December 24th, 2017 at 4:14 PM ^
I wouldn't think he would be co-OC on that staff. Hamilton didn't get that title and he had been the OC at Stanford and Indy. My guess is some more change is coming. He could end up the RB coach/run game coordinator with Jay moving again.
I'm not giving any credence to the published rumors, but Drevno is the coach recruiting the OTs left on our board. He's the one going to Florida to visit Petit-Frere. That's Frey's area and position. He also went to visit Patterson who talked about meeting Drevno and Harbaugh during his visit here. No mention of Frey, who's known as more of a recruiter.
December 24th, 2017 at 4:22 PM ^
Don't forget about Scott Turner (Norv's son). He was an analyst this year, with a handshake deal that he would become the 10th assistant when the rule went into effect.
No source or anything and simply a guess, but I wouldn't be suprised if he took over for Pep.
December 24th, 2017 at 5:53 PM ^
December 24th, 2017 at 4:46 PM ^
OC/OL Tim Drevno
Passing game coordinator/QB Pep Hamilton
Run game coordinator/RB Dan Enos
WR Scott Turner
TE/co-STC Jay Harbaugh
(I think Frey is gone.)
Very NFL-focused. It perhaps goes without saying that Harbaugh's approach when hiring a Defensive Coordinator was grossly different than his approach when putting together his offensive staff.
December 24th, 2017 at 5:41 PM ^
Plus Bush Sr to replace Smith on the defensive staff.
While the official titles may not change, I could see Hamilton taking more of Drevno's OC responsibilties.
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December 24th, 2017 at 2:54 PM ^
They don't play Iowa or Wisconsin. They start with basically 6 easy home wins. I don't think they are losing @Purdue or @Maryland. So 4 losses basically means they are going to get swept in the four competitive games they play: @TCU, @PSU, @MSU, and at home against us. They are probably going to be a favorite in 2-3 of those games. Ballpark you are looking at a 5% chance of that happening.
December 24th, 2017 at 2:57 PM ^
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You mark that frame an 8 (win season) and you're entering a world of pain Smokey!
December 24th, 2017 at 2:50 PM ^
It will be interesting to see if or how Urban re-shuffles the defensive coaching roles on his staff.
When Luke Fickell, and Greg Schiano were both co-DCs, Urban had Fickell handle the front-7 and Schiano handle the secondary. Since Grinch and Schiano both have more experience coaching the secondary, I am assuming that Schiano will be asked to shift to the front-7 since he is the more seasoned coach/DC overall.
December 24th, 2017 at 2:53 PM ^
Did they purposely wait for Christmas to release this
December 24th, 2017 at 2:55 PM ^
December 24th, 2017 at 2:55 PM ^
I'll take our team and our coaches anyday. Class and integrity count.
December 24th, 2017 at 4:25 PM ^
December 24th, 2017 at 2:58 PM ^
WSU defense is just a little better than Northwestern, Purdue, or Indiana according to S&P+ statistics. It looks like the defense is carrying the WSU offense. I was looking forward to WSU offense against MSU defense in the Holiday Bowl.
December 24th, 2017 at 2:59 PM ^
Getting the chance to go home or not home is still Ohio
December 24th, 2017 at 3:08 PM ^
also being told that once they get rid of Schiano, the DC gig is for him. So, yeah.
one thing that would be nice is to beat OSU sometime before I die (I'm in my mid 40s)
December 24th, 2017 at 3:58 PM ^
This was the only year Meyer didn't have co-DCs at OSU. Schiano is also the only one of them still not a HC.
December 24th, 2017 at 4:04 PM ^
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Seven figure salary. Family in central ohio still. Promotion not in name but certainly in pay scale and future opportunities.
Was also kind enough to gift WSU's defensive prep for USC game this year to OSU staff for bowl preparation--WSU beat USC this year.
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greg frey to florida state*
December 24th, 2017 at 3:23 PM ^
Stink.
Stank.
Stunk.
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December 24th, 2017 at 3:53 PM ^
Stanford/David Shaw is probably the closest offense in the Pac-12 to Harbaugh's, and Grinch went 2-1 against them:
- 2015: L (28-30)
- 2016: W (42-16)
- 2017: W (24-21)'
Although you're right that Grinch flopped against their main rival Washington. I just don't know how similar the Huskies' offense is to Harbaugh's.