List of Ohio State Buckeyes head football coaches

In those seasons, nine head coaches have led the Buckeyes to postseason bowl games: John Wilce, Wes Fesler, Woody Hayes, Earle Bruce, John Cooper, Jim Tressel, Luke Fickell, Urban Meyer, and Ryan Day.

13 coaches have won conference championships with the Buckeyes: Albert Herrnstein, John Richards, Wilce, Francis Schmidt, Paul Brown, Carroll Widdoes, Fesler, Hayes, Bruce, Cooper, Tressel, Meyer, and Day.

Five coaches led the Buckeyes to national championships: Brown, Hayes, Tressel, Meyer, and Day.

Of the 24 Buckeye head coaches, Howard Jones, Wilce, Schmidt, Fesler, Hayes, Bruce, Cooper, and Tressel have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

The previous head coach of the Buckeyes was Urban Meyer who was hired in November 2011[2] and then announced December 4, 2018, he would retire following the Rose Bowl.