ESPN NEWS: Ohio State football has added Miguel Patrick to coordinator Matt Patricia's defensive staff.

Ohio State football is adding to its defensive coaching staff

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football has hired Miguel Patrick as a defensive quality control coach, as first reported by On3.

The move was confirmed by Patrick whose updated X profile reflects the new position.

Patrick comes to Ohio State after spending the past two seasons coaching Birmingham’s defensive line. He was not retained on coach Trent Dilfer’s staff after the 2024 season.

Patrick has experience with the Buckeyes having served as a quality control coach in 2022.

The addition of Patrick comes shortly after Ohio State made another move to bolster its defensive line staff.

Ohio State: Buckeyes assistant Miguel Patrick lands job at UAB

Last weekend, the Buckeyes hired Tony Washington Jr. as assistant defensive line coach, according to multiple reports.

He’ll work behind defensive line coach Larry Johnson — filling a void left by graduate assistant LaAllan Clark who left to serve as Texas’ outside linebackers coach.

Ohio State is entering a new era on the defensive side after winning a national title in January. Defensive coordinator Jim Knowles left for Penn State after three seasons running the Buckeyes’ defense.

Matt Patricia was hired in February to serve as Day’s next defensive coordinator.

What’s up with Ohio State football’s defensive line heading into spring practice? Buckeye Talk podcast

Ohio State adds Miguel Patrick back to defensive coaching staff

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State has to replace a ton of production on its defensive line after losing all four starters to graduation, plus another depth piece to the transfer portal.

The path has been paved for new stars to emerge and fresh ideas to be introduced for a group where very few have much experience heading into spring practice. On this episode of Buckeye Talk, Stephen Means, Stefan Krajisnik and Andrew Gillis preview the defensive line, looking at all the names, goals for the spring and the group’s ceiling. Plus, a conversation about a former five-star and whether we think this group will be better, the same or worse than it was in 2024.

Read the automated transcript of today’s podcast below. Because it’s a computer-generated transcript, it may contain errors and misspellings.

Ohio State adds Miguel Patrick back to defensive coaching staff

75 years worth. That’s how slow it is. Welcome back to Buckeye Talk. I’m Stephen Means. That’s Tiffan Christnick and that’s Andrew Gillis. Spring practice is almost here. March 17th. Start spring practice. Get the text 614-350-3315. All news, all analysis, all everything you could possibly need in your Buckeye fandom. Coming straight to your phone. You don’t even have to go look for it. We’re coming to you. Buckeye Talk. We’re starting our previews.

We actually started them on Monday with Stefan and I just asking some general questions about things that we want to learn this spring, but we didn’t really go too deep. And the reason why we didn’t go too deep is because we’re going to spend the next two weeks doing in-depth breakdowns of each position group. And that starts this week with the defensive side of the ball starting up front in the trenches where Andrew, they have lost 217 tackles, 400 tackles for loss, 27 and a half sacks and 154 pressures.