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Ohio State coach Ryan Day shares mental health journey in emotional GameDay feature
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Ohio State head coach Ryan Day is one of the best coaches in college football today.
On Saturday morning, College GameDay ran a story not about the Buckeyes and their season but about Day’s mental health journey.
It took a recruiting trip for him to open up about how his mental health struggles.
You can watch the full ESPN feature story here:
For most of Ryan Day’s life, he distanced himself from the pain of his past until a recruiting trip in 2018 forced him to confront it.
Now he and his wife, Nina, are working to normalize treatment surrounding mental health. pic.twitter.com/KJ1AsIAhbM
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) October 9, 2021
Day and his wife have started the Ryan and Christina Day fund for pediatric and adolescent mental wellness. Day has also hired four full-time mental health professionals and encourages his team to talk openly about mental health issues.
Ohio State takes on Maryland at noon ET on FOX.