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Ryan Day opens up about father’s suicide, becoming an advocate for mental health in Yahoo interview

Dustin Schutte

By Dustin Schutte

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Ryan Day understands the important of mental health. It’s why he and his wife Nina created a fund geared toward child and adolescent mental health since he became the head coach at Ohio State.

When Day was just nine years old, his father took his own life. At such a young age, Day went through incredible emotions, not understanding what it was his father was dealing with. Now, as Day has aged and the science improved, he knows that it was a sickness his father was battling.

In an interview with Yahoo Sports’ Pete Thamel, Day opened up about his father’s suicide, the toll it took on he and his family and his push to support mental health awareness. It was an exclusive piece, and one that’s worth everyone’s time.

Day talked about the resentment he felt toward his father early in his life. As he grew older, he realized that the situation wasn’t just unique to him, but that there were several people across the country battling the same circumstances.

Now, Day is bringing attention to mental health and wants to help make change. It’s something that is close to him, and something he knows can have an impact on millions across the country.

To read the full story from Yahoo Sports, you can visit the website here.

Dustin Schutte

Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB