Ohio State hires Broyles finalist as DC

Submitted by jimmyshi03 on December 7th, 2021 at 5:38 PM

https://twitter.com/nicoleauerbach/status/1468347949721784325?s=21

Jim Knowles defense was the main reason Oklahoma State was in position to play for the playoff last weekend. He’s a little older and has a similar career track to Don Brown (former FCS head coach and experience in the ACC).

He’ll take over after the Rose Bowl, so no idea yet on staff changes to current group.

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Mgojizz

December 8th, 2021 at 12:03 AM ^

I heard a few years back from a former Cincinnati Colerain football player that Coombs worked the Michigan summer camp for like 20 years and basically ran the camp for the rest of the high school coaches that worked it. Michigan never offered him a job and osu eventually grabbed him. Saying he woulda coached at Michigan in a heartbeat. Same guy also told me that Coombs knew the two point conversion was going to drew dileo on that final play in the Big House and “drew up the play” to stuff it. Interesting thoughts. The guy obviously has had some success with DB’s in his time there. 
 

Maybe we pull a little maneuver and just snag him after the Rose Bowl like they did to us with Mattison. 

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stephenrjking

December 7th, 2021 at 6:16 PM ^

Looks like he was the DC at Duke under Cutcliffe for years. After a couple of bad years inheriting a bad team, the defense became a decent unit, producing some good seasons. In 2017 Duke beat a Northwestern team that finished 10-3, holding them to 17 points and Clayton Thorson to 40% passing in a season where he averaged north of 60%. 

Looks like his defense in 2016 wasn't as impressive statistically... but he did play against Lamar Jackson that season, which was Jackson's Heisman season, and held Louisville to 24 points, Jackson with a "modest" 181 yards passing and 144 yards rushing on 21 attempts. 

But, before last year, nothing jumps out statistically. The teams he coordinated seemed to be decent defensively, but not dominant. 

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jimmyshi03

December 7th, 2021 at 5:48 PM ^

Saw Space Cowboy say that he’s got a little bit of a different positional philosophy than they’ve had, one that doesn’t rely on the same kind of all world DEs they’ve relied on since Joey Bosa arrived on campus through to Chase Young leaving, but that it might make landing those types harder.

https://twitter.com/spacecoyotebds/status/1468313551366500370?s=21

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Bambi

December 7th, 2021 at 6:19 PM ^

Relatedly, heavy rumors going on that OSU's DL coach Larry Johnson is gonna retire at year's end. He's been one of the best DL coaches around for decades between his time at PSU and OSU. His position group disappointed this year but he's still generally thought to be a good coach and great recruiter. Will be interesting to see if there's any attrition from their recruiting class/roster if this is confirmed.

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tybert

December 7th, 2021 at 9:38 PM ^

That would be good - he has done well in recent years (this year not so) - and the recruiting has always been top notch. 

Still think Coombs and/or the other guy are cut and replaced with people like one of the D coaches from that other OSU. 

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Here2CWoodson

December 7th, 2021 at 5:45 PM ^

That looks like a good hire, but I’m hoping that the offense that we present will be so different from what he’s seen in the Big 12 that we can have success against them again. 

It’s been funny to see the “we play like a Big 12 school” reaction to The Game from the OSU fans only to hire a Big 12 coordinator. 

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FB Dive

December 7th, 2021 at 8:46 PM ^

I'll give him a tad longer. Oklahoma and Texas aren't set to join the SEC until 2025, even though it theoretically could be sooner. Big 12 is still pretty weak league, and it wouldn't surprise me to see Venables win 2 out of 3 Big 12 championships, if they stay until 2025.

Venables will probably need to win big these next couple years to build up goodwill for the inevitable struggles that await in the SEC. I'm curious to see how the SEC does divisions/pods with 16 teams, but if Oklahoma ends up consistently playing the SEC West powers, it could be a quick slide to mediocrity.

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