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Report: Former Penn State Head Coach Bill O’Brien To Be Named Ohio State Offensive Coordinator

After one season with the New England Patriots, former Nittany Lion head coach Bill O’Brien is back in college football and it’s with a team on the Penn State schedule in 2024: the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Sources: Ohio State is set to hire longtime NFL head coach Bill O’Brien as the school’s new offensive coordinator. O’Brien served last season as the Patriots’ offensive coordinator in 2023 and has been the head coach at the Texans and in the Big Ten at Penn State. pic.twitter.com/19e2iXv6oe

— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) January 19, 2024

O’Brien spent seven seasons as the Houston Texans head coach before spending the 2021 and 2022 seasons as Alabama’s offensive coordinator.