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.

Ohio State is hiring former Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia as defensive coordinator, according to a person familiar with the situation.

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.

Ohio State is hiring former Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia as defensive coordinator, according to a person familiar with the

Ohio State is hiring former Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia as defensive coordinator, according to a person familiar with the situation.

Ben Johnson, who previously worked with Jared Goff, expressed enthusiasm about the potential he sees in second-year quarterback Caleb Williams. However, his remarks on Tuesday seemed to subtly jab at the Detroit Lions quarterback.

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 ...