Corey Dennis may be Ohio State’s new quarterbacks coach, but he’s not a new face among the Buckeye players. Dennis has been involved with the quarterbacks in one way or another for years. Heck, he’s been at Ohio State longer than any of the Buckeye quarterbacks. Since each player’s arrival, they’ve known Dennis as one of their coaches.
Coaching the secondary is a two-person job. For years at Ohio State, one coach would take the cornerbacks and the other controlled the safeties. During his first go-round with the Buckeyes, Kerry Coombs always had the cornerbacks. In his six seasons at Ohio State, Coombs worked with three different safeties coaches. His first two years were spent with Everett Withers…
When Ryan Day named Corey Dennis as Ohio State’s quarterback coach, it definitely caused a stir. With Mike Yurcich’s departure to Texas after the season, Day could have conducted a national search — and undoubtedly received a number of impressive resumes. Instead, he went with Dennis, who had been at Ohio State longer than Day, but had never been a position coach.
One of Kerry Coombs’ favorite staples during his first go-round at Ohio State was rotating three cornerbacks throughout a game in order to keep them all fresh for the game and for the season. It took a few years for him to actually get to that point, but it was effective when it was finally implemented. With the amount of press-man coverage the Buckeyes played…
There is a genre of books known as “Choose Your Own Adventure” where after a few pages of reading, the reader is given an option of two different directions they might like to go. “If you would like Sir Lancelot to attempt to slay the dragon, turn to page 59. If you would like Sir Lancelot to turn around and get back to safety like a smart man, turn to page 82.”
Martinez has been committed to Ohio State since July 4 of last year, but didn’t sign with the Buckeyes in the early signing period last month because of the departure of defensive backs coach Jeff Hafley to Boston College. Listed as an athlete, Martinez (5-11 183) played quarterback for Muskegon, but projects as a defensive back for Ohio State. Because of that projection…
Fired up. That’s a pretty good synopsis of Ohio State’s new defensive coordinator, Kerry Coombs. It also describes the reaction to Coombs’ return to Columbus.
