Ohio State will hire Washington State defensive coordinator Alex Grinch to be co-coordinator with Greg Schiano as the Buckeyes’ 10th assistant coach when the position becomes officially available Wednesday under new NCAA rules, according to multiple reports. Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer had said before Ohio State’s win over USC in the Cotton Bowl that “there’s been some conversation” about adding Grinch to his staff, “but nothing has been finalized.” Now, apparently it has. SOURCES: #WAZZU’s Alex Grinch is heading to #OhioState as the Buckeyes new Co-defensive coordinator. He did a phenomenal job in Pullman and the #MountUnion product is now heading home to work for OSU. — Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) January 4, 2018 An Ohio native, Grinch helped turn around a Washington State defense in his three seasons as an assistant on Mike Leach’s staff. The Cougars ranked 16th nationally in total defense in 2017, a leap from 84th in 2015, though they gave up…
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