The Ohio State Buckeyes are just a week removed from their College Football Playoff National Championship game win over Notre Dame, but offseason Ohio State football news is already rolling in. Winning it all generally means opponents will be coming after players and coaches, and the Buckeyes lost defensive coordinator Jim Knowles to rival Penn State, as he’ll reportedly become the highest-paid collegiate defensive coordinator ever at more than $3 million per year.

Ryan Day is expected to move quickly to fill the spot on the 2025 Ohio State coaching staff. Who are the top names to know in the Ohio State defensive coordinator search? If you want to know the top Ohio State defensive coordinator candidates, be sure to see what the proven team of insiders are saying at Bucknuts, the 247Sports affiliate that covers Ohio State.

The Bucknuts insiders are providing on-the-ground updates on every development in the Ohio State football program, including insights from Dave Biddle, Patrick Murphy and Steve Helwagon, who all have deep-rooted ties inside the Ohio State community. Get all the inside scoop on the football program, plus VIP intel on Ohio State football, basketball, recruiting and more. Plus get access to the Bucknuts message boards where you can connect with other Ohio State fans and insiders. 

They already have an Ohio State defensive coordinator hot board up that features 11 names. See them all and get everything else Bucknuts has to offer right here.

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Ohio State defensive coordinator candidates 

One potential candidate the team at Bucknuts has identified on its Ohio State defensive coordinator hot board: Indiana DC Bryant Haines. 

Haines has followed Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti to four different schools, so he might be tough to land. However, Haines has ties to Ohio State after working for the Buckeyes as a defensive graduate assistant in 2013. Indiana had the No. 2 overall defense in the nation in 2024, behind only Ohio State, so Haines is a rising star who has a proven ability to build a stout Big Ten defense. He made around $1.2 million at Indiana last year, a number that Ohio State could easily surpass if needed. 

“If Day wants him and can pry him away from Cignetti, Haines sure checks a lot of boxes,” Biddle wrote. See more Ohio State defensive coordinator candidates at Bucknuts. 

How to get insider Ohio State defensive coordinator news  

The Bucknuts team has identified several other candidates, including a shocking current NFL defensive coordinator name. You can see them all at Bucknuts. 

Who are the top candidates in the Ohio State football defensive coordinator coaching search, and which shocking current NFL defensive coordinator could be in the mix? Go to Bucknuts to see its Ohio State defensive coordinator hot board and more, all from a team of Buckeyes insiders, and find out. 

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