Ohio State football is continuing to its search for its next defensive coordinator and an extremely interesting name keeps popping up. Matt Patricia is best remembered for his head coaching tenure with the Detroit Lions of the NFL,

The Ohio State Buckeyes are coming off an impressive run to a national title, and with success often comes coaching turnover, which is exactly what the Buckeyes

Ohio State hosted former NFL coach Matt Patricia in Columbus for a meeting about the Buckeyes' defensive coordinator vacancy, according to CBS Sports'/247Sports' Matt Zenitz. Ohio State is searching for a new defensive coordinator after former playcaller Jim Knowles left to serve in the same capacity at Penn State.

Matt Patricia interviewed to become Ohio State's defensive coordinator, Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports reports. Patricia met with Ryan Day and others within the program on Monday. The national champions promoted assistants Brian Hartline and Keenan Bailey to co-offensive coordinators after the departure of Chip Kelly for the Raiders.

Ex-Detroit Lions head coach Matt Patricia has emerged as a possible contender for the Buckeyes’ defensive coordinator position and will have an interview with the program about