Ohio State Football: Kevin Wilson to take head coaching job

The Ohio State football team is in the process of preparing to face Georgia in the Peach Bowl in the College Football Playoff. It’s a daunting task on its own when you have everyone available. When players or coaches start to become unavailable, it makes it a whole lot harder.

On the same day that Jaxon Smith-Njigba announced he was done playing at Ohio State, another piece of news has come out. Kevin Wilson, Ohio State’s offensive coordinator, is expected to take the head coaching job at Tulsa. This will be his first head coaching gig since he was the head man at Indiana.

Wilson has interviewed for head coaching opportunities before while he was with the Buckeyes. He was bound to take another job eventually. He came to the Ohio State football program after he left IU amid a cloud of accusations involving player mistreatment.

Ohio State has its play called by Ryan Day, so losing Wilson doesn’t mean the Buckeyes lose a play caller. Whether or not that’s a good thing is another matter. What does matter is that Ohio State is losing a good offensive mind to another program and he will have to be replaced.

As far as a replacement is concerned, I would expect Brian Hartline to get a promotion. He certainly deserves one after how well he’s handled the wide receiver room over the years. This would also persuade him to stay at Ohio State for a few more years.

We don’t know yet whether or not Wilson will continue to coach through the end of the College Football Playoff. My assumption is that he will, but no word has come out on that yet. He is expected to be introduced as Tulsa’s head coach tomorrow.

We wish Wilson nothing but the best of luck with his new gig!