Sources: University of Cincinnati expected to hire former Ohio State DC Kerry Coombs as the school’s new corners coach and special teams coordinator. He’s a former UC assistant who spent more than two decades coaching high school football in Cincinnati.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) January 18, 2022
Coombs, a University of Dayton graduate and Cincinnati native, spent the last two seasons at Ohio State as defensive coordinator, but he was demoted early last fall after the Buckeyes were shredded by Oregon.
Prior to that, he had a successful two-year run as secondary coach for the Tennessee Titans and spent six years as cornerbacks coach at Ohio State.
His college coaching career started at UC, where he was hired to coach defensive backs for Brian Kelly in 2007.
Through the years he has developed a reputation as a dynamic recruiter, and five Ohio State cornerbacks were first-round draft picks in his first tenure with the Buckeyes.
Coombs is perhaps best-known as a high school coach, including a 16-year run as head coach at his alma mater, Colerain, that included a 2004 state championship.
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