Ryan Day

American football player and coach

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2025 Won the College Football Playoff National Championship against Notre Dame 34-23, securing Ryan Day's first national championship as head coach.
January 20 2025 Ryan Day and Ohio State to play Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff National Championship.
January 10 2025 Ohio State is set to play 5-seed Texas in the Cotton Bowl Classic.
2024 In the first round of the playoffs, Ohio State won against 9th-seeded Tennessee with a score of 42-17.
2024 The Ohio State Buckeyes began their season with a 5-0 start, achieving victories over several teams, including a notable win against Akron with a score of 52-6.
2024 Ohio State finished 6th in the final College Football Playoff rankings and was selected as the 8th seed in the expanded playoff.
2024 Ohio State advanced to the quarterfinals after defeating 9th-seeded Tennessee and faced top-seeded Oregon in the Rose Bowl, winning 41-21.
2024 Ohio State concluded their regular season with a 10-13 loss to Michigan, marking their fourth consecutive defeat in the rivalry.
2024 After a bye week, Ohio State secured five consecutive victories, including a significant win against No. 3 Penn State with a score of 20-13.
2024 Ohio State loses a close game to Oregon 32-31, marking Day's second regular season loss to a non-Michigan team.
2024 Ohio State wins against Texas 28-14 in the Cotton Bowl Classic.
2023 Ohio State experiences early offensive struggles in first two games against Indiana Hoosiers and Youngstown State Penguins, dropping to #6 ranking.
2023 After beating #7 Penn State, Day's Buckeyes reached #1 in the first CFP Poll, marking their first top ranking since Week 14 of 2019.
2023 Day secured a last-second 17-14 win against Notre Dame, publicly challenging Lou Holtz's pre-game criticism of the team's physicality in a passionate postgame interview.
December 29 2023 The Ohio State Buckeyes, coached by Ryan Day, were invited to the 2023 Cotton Bowl, where they lost to the Missouri Tigers 14–3, finishing the season with an 11–2 record.
November 2023 In the 2023 season, Ryan Day's Ohio State Buckeyes reached an 11–0 record and were ranked #2 going into the Michigan game for the third consecutive year. However, Michigan won the game 30–24, marking the Buckeyes' first three-game losing streak to Michigan since 1995–97.
2022 Under Day's leadership, Ohio State started the season 8–0, including significant wins over then-top 5 Notre Dame and #13 ranked Penn State.
2022 Ryan Day's fourth full season as head coach of Ohio State began with the team ranked #2 nationally in both the AP and Coaches' Poll.
2022 In the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, Day's Ohio State team lost to the eventual National Champion Georgia Bulldogs with a score of 42–41.
2022 Ohio State remained undefeated heading into a matchup against #3 Michigan, marking the second matchup of 11–0 teams since 2006.
2022 Ohio State, led by Ryan Day, suffered a significant loss to Michigan with a score of 45–23, marking Day's second loss to the Wolverines.
2022 Ohio State was ranked #2 in the inaugural College Football Playoff rankings, holding this position for four weeks.
2021 In the 2021 season, Ryan Day's Ohio State team started the year ranked fourth in both the AP and Coaches' Poll and ended the season with a nine-game win streak following an early season upset by Oregon.
2021 In the highly anticipated matchup against Michigan, which took place when Ohio State was ranked No. 2 and Michigan was ranked No. 5, Michigan defeated Ohio State for the first time since 2011, resulting in Ohio State's elimination from playoff contention.
2021 Ohio State advanced to the College Football Playoff National Championship but lost to Alabama 52–24.
2021 Ryan Day's Ohio State team was selected to play against Utah in the Rose Bowl, which they won with a score of 48–45.
2021 Ohio State, ranked as the number 3 seed, faced number 2 Clemson in the Sugar Bowl and won the game 49–28.
2021 Ohio State secured significant wins against then 20th-ranked Penn State and fifth-ranked Michigan State during the season.
December 19 2020 Ohio State, coached by Ryan Day, played in the Big Ten Championship game and defeated the Northwestern Wildcats 22–10.
December 9 2020 The Big Ten administrative council voted to remove the six-game minimum requirement, allowing Ohio State to advance to the Big Ten Football Championship Game.
December 5 2020 Ryan Day was forced to miss the game against Michigan State after testing positive for COVID-19. The Buckeyes won the game 52–12.
2019 Ryan Day led the Ohio State Buckeyes to a perfect 12–0 regular season record, their first undefeated regular season since 2013.
2019 Ohio State won the Big Ten Championship against Wisconsin with a score of 34–21.
2019 Ryan Day was named the 24th and current head football coach at Ohio State University.
2019 Ohio State was named the number two seed in the College Football Playoff but ultimately lost to the Clemson Tigers in the Fiesta Bowl.
December 3 2019 Named the Dave McClain Coach of the Year by the media, recognizing his successful first season as head coach.
December 3 2019 Ryan Day was named the Dave McClain Coach of the Year by the media.
November 23 2019 The Buckeyes secured the Big Ten East Division title after defeating Penn State.
December 4 2018 Ohio State announced that Urban Meyer would retire as head coach after the 2019 Rose Bowl, and Ryan Day would take over as head coach on a full-time basis.
August 1 2018 Ryan Day was named acting head coach at Ohio State when head coach Urban Meyer was placed on administrative leave due to issues surrounding domestic violence accusations involving former assistant coach Zach Smith. During this period, Day won all three games he coached.
January 2018 After being linked to the Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator position, Ryan Day was promoted to offensive coordinator and primary play caller at Ohio State.
January 3 2017 Ryan Day was hired to replace Tim Beck as co-offensive coordinator of the Ohio State Buckeyes.
2016 After Chip Kelly was relieved of his duties with the Philadelphia Eagles, Ryan Day was hired as quarterbacks coach by Kelly for the San Francisco 49ers.
January 22 2015 Ryan Day was hired as the quarterbacks coach for the Philadelphia Eagles.
2014 Ryan Day continued his role as the offensive coordinator for Boston College until this year.
2013 Ryan Day was appointed as the offensive coordinator for Boston College.
2012 Ryan Day served as the offensive coordinator for Temple University.

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