In one of the more surprising hires of the college football coaching carousel, Ryan Day and Ohio State Football is finalizing a deal to bring former Detroit Lions head coach Matt Patricia to Columbus as the Buckeyes' next defensive coordinator. ESPN's Pete Thamel was the first to report the news on Wednesday.

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

A former Detroit Lions coach has found a new home for the 2025 football season.  Matt Patricia, who was the Lions’ head coach from 2018-20, is finalizing a deal to join the Ohio State coaching staff as defensive coordinator under head coach Ryan Day,

Matt Patricia has been the subject of many rumors over the last couple of days, and a back and forth has put the rumor track from the Detroit Lions to the New York Giants. Who, then, has the ...

Matt Patricia will be joining the Detroit Lions as the team's next head coach once the New England Patriots season ends and the team could be set to reap some immediate rewards from his assertion.

Patricia was last in the NFL as a senior defensive assistant for the Philadelphia Eagles in 2023. However, his contract expired at the end of the season and was not renewed. He held the role of defensive coordinator for the Patriots from 2012-2017, before taking on a head coaching job with the Detroit Lions.

Former Detroit Lions head coach Matt Patricia spent this past season involved in media with The 33rd Team and with his former boss Bill Belichick on a podcast. He also took an opportunity to ...

The Ohio State Buckeyes are reportedly set to name veteran NFL coach Matt Patricia as their new defensive coordinator and not everybody is happy about it.

According to ESPN, the school is finalizing a deal with former Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia to replace Jim Knowles after its national title-winning season. Knowles, a Pennsylvania native, left Ohio State to take the same position at Penn State and become the highest-paid defensive coordinator in college football.

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

Former Detroit Lions head coach Matt Patricia has reportedly found a new job. And Michigan football fans are going to see more of him now. On their hated rival's sideline, that is. Patricia will ...