Ohio State Football: Guiton proving himself in the coaching ranks
By David Wysong
A former player for the Ohio State football team has continued to prove himself in the coaching ranks and has ultimately landed a new job.
Former quarterback for the Ohio State football team, Kenny Guiton is entering his fourth season as an assistant coach in the college football ranks and he recently landed a new job. This week it was announced that Guiton is joining Colorado State as its wide receiver coach, according to Cleveland.com, a similar position that he held at Louisiana Tech last season and at Houston the two seasons before that.
It might not be very well-documented, but Guiton has found a lot of success so far as a wide receivers coach.
For Houston’s football team in 2017, he had a 1,000-yard receiver in Steven Dunbar and another guy in Linell Bonner who racked up 889 receiving yards. Then in 2018 at Houston, the Cougars had four guys who had over 400 yards receiving, including Marquez Stevenson who gained 1,019 yards receiving.
Then last year he helped head coach Skip Holtz lead Louisiana Tech to a 10-3 record and was a part of a staff that coached up six different guys that gained 300 or more receiving yards.
We all know that Guiton has great leadership as he stepped into the starter role multiple times for the Buckeyes for an injured Braxton Miller throughout his career. In 2013 he threw for 749 yards, 14 touchdowns, and two interceptions which included a three-game stretch where he started for Miller and threw for 643 yards, 12 touchdowns and two interceptions in three wins.
With his proven leadership, and his proven success at his recent coaching positions, Guiton could land a big-time job sometime soon and who knows, maybe Brian Hartline could use his help one day.
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Guiton is just continuing to prove that former Buckeyes can coach after we all saw Mike Vrabel lead the Tennessee Titans to the AFC Championship Game this year, in addition to Hartline’s work at OSU. Let’s hope these guys continue their success and continue to make Columbus proud.