Ohio State head coach Ryan Day hired Patricia to fill the void left by defensive coordinator Jim Knowles leaving for the same job at Penn State.

ALLEN PARK — Former Detroit Lions head coach Matt Patricia is the new defensive coordinator for the Ohio State Buckeyes, the team announced on Thursday. That would have been an unheard of sentence to mutter only a couple of years ago.

One of the Lions’ less popular coaches, shall we say, is resurfacing at a spot not too many miles away from Detroit. Those who remember the Matt Patricia era in Detroit surely know that he wasn’t a very beloved coach.

A person familiar with the situation says that Ohio State is hiring former Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia as defensive coordinator. The person spoke to The Associated

Matt Patricia is expected to be named Ohio State football defensive coordinator. Patricia was head coach of the Detroit Lions in 2018-20.

Ohio State is turning to former Detroit Lions head coach Matt Patricia to be its next defensive coordinator, ESPN reported on Wednesday. Patricia would replace Jim Knowles, who helped the

Ohio State is hiring former Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia as defensive coordinator, according to a person familiar with the situation.

The Buckeyes and coach Ryan Day are in the process of hiring former Detroit Lions head coach and New England Patriots defensive coordinator Matt Patricia to take over for Knowles as defensive coordinator,

Matt Patricia, who spent was head coach with the Detroit Lions from 2018-20, has been hired as Ohio State's new defensive coordinator.

Ohio State is in the process of hiring Matt Patricia, a longtime assistant and head coach in the NFL, as its defensive coordinator, a source told The Dispatch. Patricia, who was the Detroit Lions’ coach from 2018-20 after more than a decade as an assistant with the New England Patriots,

Ohio State is hiring former Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia as defensive coordinator, according to a person familiar with the situation.

Ohio State is hiring former Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia as defensive coordinator, according to a person familiar with the