On Wednesday evening, Ohio State announced that head coach Urban Meyer would be placed on paid administrative leave as the school conducts an investigation of Meyer’s handling of longtime assistant Zach Smith’s domestic violence allegations. Offensive coordinator Ryan Day will serve as the Buckeyes’ interim head coach. Day has been on Meyer’s Buckeye staff since 2017. In January, it was rumored that Day might join Mike Vrabel’s staff with the Tennessee Titans, but he remained in Columbus. Prior to Day landing at Ohio State, he coached under now-UCLA head coach Chip Kelly with the Philadelphia Eagles and the San Francisco 49ers. Previously he was Boston College’s offensive coordinator from 2013-14, where he worked as a wide receivers coach from 2007-11. He also has coached at Temple and New Hampshire, and was a graduate assistant for Meyer’s first Florida staff in 2005. There are a couple former head coaches on Meyer’s…
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