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,

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.

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