Which Ohio State football coaches received promotions and contract extensions for 2024?
OhioA new title has been awarded to Ohio State football player Tim Walton for his growth and recruiting achievements. On Thursday, the team also revealed other staff changes.
Walton will now be the secondary and cornerbacks coach in addition to assistant head coach. Along with those job duties, he
previously held the role of defensive passing game coordinator. Walton’s contract was also extended for a another two years, through the 2026 campaign.
Coach Keenan Bailey of the tight ends was given a two-year extension through 2025, and defensive coordinator Jim Knowles
was given one through 2026. Larry Johnson, the defensive line coach, was awarded a new two-year contract that runs through 2025.
The specifics of those extensions’ financial makeup as well as other staff contract revisions are still to come.
In the 2023 class, Mathews and Calvin Simpson-Hunt were rated as four-star talents. Walton has exceeded that every year
thereafter. Among the top players in the 2024 signing class were Aaron Scott (ranked No. 36) and Bryce West (ranked No. 64).
Two top-10 players, Devin Sanchez and Na’eem Offord, as well as top-100 prospect Blake Woodby, have already committed to the 2025 class.
When Knowles was first recruited following the 2021 season, he agreed to a three-year contract. Ohio State finished second in the country last season in terms of defensive pass efficiency rating (99.22) and third nationally in terms of yards allowed per play (4.17).
Johnson’s new two-year contract was announced on the same day that Day was asked about the defensive line coach’s tenure in the run-up to signing day. Johnson joined OSU’s staff in 2014, making him the assistant with the longest tenure. OSU should once again have one of the top defensive lines in the country with numerous starters choosing to defer their NFL Draft selection until 2024.
After being promoted from a senior adviser position last season, Bailey was given a two-year contract. Since 2016, he has been at Ohio State, where he began as an intern and has since advanced through the ranks.
James Laurinaitis, a graduate assistant coach for linebackers at Ohio State, was also promoted.
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