A person familiar with the situation says that Ohio State is hiring former Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia as defensive coordinator. The person spoke to The Associated

A person familiar with the situation says that Ohio State is hiring former Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia as defensive coordinator. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition

ALLEN PARK — Former Detroit Lions head coach Matt Patricia is the new defensive coordinator for the Ohio State Buckeyes, the team announced on Thursday. That would have been an unheard of sentence to mutter only a couple of years ago.

One of the Lions’ less popular coaches, shall we say, is resurfacing at a spot not too many miles away from Detroit. Those who remember the Matt Patricia era in Detroit surely know that he wasn’t a very beloved coach.

Michigan Football fans, media and others react with skepticism of Ohio State's hire of former Detroit Lions head coach Matt Patricia as defensive coordinator

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.

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,

Copyright © 2025 Bleacher Report, Inc. A Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All Rights Reserved.

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 ...

Detroit Lions fans may never forgive Matt Patricia for this one. In 2019 the Lions had an All-Pro cornerback in Darius Slay. Then Patrica damn near made it his entire job to chase him and a bunch of other really good players out of Detroit.

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.