Michael Reaves/Getty Images Ohio State football head coach Ryan Day announced Friday that wide receivers coach Brian Hartline will add offensive coordinator duties to his responsibilities. Hartline replaces ex-OC/tight ends coach Kevin Wilson, who left the Buckeyes to become Tulsa’s new head coach. The news comes after ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit reported on the Jan. 2 edition of College GameDay (h/t the Columbus Dispatch’s Colin Gay) that Day “mentioned in our production meetings he’s going to stop calling plays next year because he needs to become more of a manager as a head coach.” He later rephrased his comments with a less declarative remark about Day’s potential decision, saying that “he’s thinking about relinquishing those [responsibilities] which would be the first time ever. I don’t know who, Brian Hartline, or whoever, would be involved.” We’ll see if Hartline becomes the team’s new playcaller, but at the very least, he’s now the…
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