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Ohio State Coach Ryan Day Receives Pay Raise

Ohio State head football coach Ryan Day earned a pay raise ahead of the 2023 season, according to reports.

Matt Galatzan

Ohio State Coach Ryan Day Receives Pay Raise
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The Ohio State Buckeyes have been one of the most successful college football programs in the country over the last few seasons, thanks in large part to their head coach, Ryan Day. 

And now, Day is reaping the benefits from that success, receiving a raise for the 2023 season, according to reports. 

In total, Day received a 5.25 percent bump in his pay for this season, which is good for $446,250. That increase brought his total salary for the season to over $10 million. A retention bonus will also reportedly kick in in 2024. 

Day received the raise in February. 

“He continues to develop young men holistically and builds them not only to be great football players but better men,” Ohio State AD Gene Smith said of Day this past summer. “The culture of the program is outstanding because of Ryan's leadership. It is the best it has ever been.”

Day succeeded Urban Meyer at Ohio State in 2018, being named the active head coach for the Buckeyes after Meyer was placed on leave. Meyer Later retired, paving the way for Day to be named the full-time head coach of the Buckeyes in 2019. 

In his first season as the full-time head coach Day went 13-1 with the lone blemish coming in 29-23 loss to the Clemson Tigers in the College Football Playoff semi-final at the Fiesta Bowl 

Through his career with the Buckeyes, Day has accumulated a 48-6 record, led his team to the College Football Playoffs three times, and the national title game once (2020).

He has also won two Big Ten titles and was named Big Ten coach of the year in 2019.

He will hope to continue to build on that success on Saturday when the Buckeyes head to South Bend to take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at 7:30 p.m. ET.

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Matt Galatzan
MATT GALATZAN

Matt Galatzan is the Publisher of LonghornsCountry.com, AllAggies.com, and the Managing Editor of BuckeyesNow.com and TheGroveReport.com He is also the Editor-In-Chief of RamDigest.com and TexansDaily.com. Galatzan graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he studied integrated marketing communications, with minors in journalism and business administration. Galatzan started in the sports journalism industry under Mike Fisher at DallasBasketball.com in 2014, which at the time was part of the 247Sports network. He also spent two years covering the SMU Mustangs for PonyStampede.com on the 247Sports network. When DallasBasketball.com and CowboysCountry.com moved over to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation network in 2020, Galatzan followed suit, eventually being taking over as the Managing Editor and Publisher of LonghornsCountry.com and AllAggies.com a year later. Through the years, Galatzan has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, former Longhorns players Dan Neil and Phil Dawson, and many other recruits, and current/former players for each of the teams he has covered. Galatzan is also a full-time employee in the digital media department for Audacy and KRLD FM's 105.3 The Fan in Dallas, which is the official radio home of the Dallas Cowboys. You can find Galatzan on all major social media channels, including Twitter on @MattGalatzan For any inquiries, please email matt.galatzan@gmail.com

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