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New Buckeyes assistant Perry Eliano calls Ohio State ‘best job in the country,’ not afraid of high expectations
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New Ohio State safeties coach Perry Eliano is saying all the right things. Meeting with reporters for the first time since taking the job, he had plenty of comments that will surely win over Buckeye nation.
Eliano was hired away from Cincinnati where he spent the past two seasons as a cornerbacks coach. His hiring was part of a major staff overhaul Ryan Day engineered in the offseason because of poor defensive performance in 2021.
Speaking with the media on Monday, Eliano talked about the championship expectation and recruiting at Ohio State compared to Cincinnati. Griffin Strom of Eleven Warriors caught Eliano’s comments:
New OSU safeties coach Perry Eliano: “The expectation is to win national championships. I’m not afraid of that.” pic.twitter.com/MMP5EriB51
— Griffin Strom (@GriffinStrom3) January 31, 2022
Perry Eliano says Ohio State is “the best job in the country” and calls himself “the ultimate competitor.” pic.twitter.com/2bwwAv1IM7
— Griffin Strom (@GriffinStrom3) January 31, 2022
Perry Eliano on the difference in recruiting for Cincinnati vs. Ohio State: “There’s definitely a different response when you have the Block O on your chest.”
— Griffin Strom (@GriffinStrom3) January 31, 2022
Eliano referred to Ohio State as “the best job in the country,” something that will go over well in Columbus.
Eliano is bringing two decades of coaching experience to Ohio State. He started his career at Stephen F. Austin as a graduate assistant in 2001 and has had stops at Central Arkansas, Sam Houston, UTSA, Bowling Green and New Mexico along the way.
The job at Ohio State will be Eliano’s first at the Power 5 level.
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