Ohio State officially introduced new defensive assistants Alex Grinch and Taver Johnson to reporters this past week. Both coaches were defensive coordinators before coming to OSU, which gives them valuable experience that they will be able to utilize now on Urban Meyer’s staff. Experience in handling…
New Ohio State cornerbacks coach Taver Johnson is back with the Buckeyes after a six-year hiatus, and while OSU is not new to him, plenty has changed since he’s been gone. Names, faces, defensive coordinators, they have all changed since Johnson left for Arkansas in January of 2012. What has continued, however, is…
They say players should never sign with a school because of a coach. A coach can leave at any time, so players should always choose a school for the school, because the school isn’t going anywhere. Of course, that’s easier said than done because coaches are recruiting draws in and of themselves. One such recruiting…
Johnson was the cornerbacks coach for Jim Tressel from 2007-2011 before leaving for Arkansas prior to the 2012 season, which was the first under Urban Meyer. He was at Arkansas for two seasons before leaving for Purdue to coach under former Tressel assistant Darrell Hazell. He was with Purdue for three years until Hazell was fired.
