Sources: Ohio State employs ex-NFL coach Philbin

Pete Thamel, ESPNMay 23, 2023, 06:37 PM ET Ohio State has actually included a boldface name and experienced coach to its personnel, as sources told ESPN that the Buckeyes have hired previous NFL head coach Joe Philbin as an offensive analyst.Philbin is a previous head coach of the Miami Dolphins and interim coach of the Green Bay Packers and won the Super Bowl as the Packers’offending organizer throughout the 2010 NFL season.At Ohio State, Philbin will work with the offending personnel and under coordinator Brian Hartline, a former player of his with the Dolphins. Philbin, whose background is on the offending line, will assist veteran offensive line coach Justin Frye. A need emerged on the Buckeyes staff for extra offending line know-how when tight ends coach Kevin Wilson left for Tulsa, as Wilson had an offensive line background from early in his career.Editor’s Picks The hire shows a continued effort by Ohio State under head coach Ryan Day to include football mental capacity to the building, a mentioned effort that started after the loss to Alabama in the national title game following the 2020 season.Philbin will be signed up with on the off-field offending personnel by veteran planner Todd Fitch, who brings know-how in the throwing game

. Previous Buckeye star James Laurinaitis joined the program in January as a graduate assistant dealing with the defense. Earlier in the offseason, Ohio State likewise included previous Nebraska assistant Mike Dawson to the defensive staff as an analyst.Philbin’s NFL experience stretches back to 2003, when he started with the Packers. He went 24-28 in four seasons as the Dolphins head coach from 2012 to 2015. Hartline played for the Dolphins from 2009 to 2014. Philbin is 26-30 overall as an NFL coach, counting his four-game interim stint at Green Bay in 2018. Philbin’s last NFL job came with the Cowboys, and he was fired following the 2022 season after 3 years in Dallas. Philbin’s last college job came as Iowa’s offending line coach from 1999 to 2002, and he ‘d served at six other colleges as the offending line coach prior to that, consisting of Harvard, Northeastern and Ohio.