Ohio State assistant coach Justin Frye to take OL coaching job with Arizona Cardinals

Ohio State offensive line coach Justin Frye is expected to become the OL coach for the Arizona Cardinals, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. On3’s Pete Nakos confirmed the news.

“Sources: Ohio State offensive line coach Justin Frye is expected to become the offensive line coach of the Arizona Cardinals,” Thamel wrote on Twitter. “Frye is a veteran OL coach with stops at UCLA, Boston College and Temple. Frye was also offensive coordinator during his time at UCLA under Chip Kelly.”

Frye was the OL coach for the Buckeyes over the last three seasons, culminating in a national championship this season. He began his coaching career in 2007 following his playing days as a tackle at Indiana.

He began with the Hoosiers as a grad assistant for two seasons before becoming a GA at Florida in 2009 and ’10.

Frye got his first OL coaching gig at Temple in 2011, coaching in Philadelphia for two years. He then moved to Boston College in 2013, coaching there for five seasons before landing a gig at UCLA.

After one year (2018) at UCLA, Frye added offensive coordinator responsibilities to his plate the next season and was Kelly’s OC for three years before going to Ohio State.

Justin Frye leaving Ohio State for the NFL

With Frye joining the Arizona Cardinals staff as the OL coach, Ohio State has a hole to fill. Still, everything’s coming up Buckeyes right now after Ryan Day won his first national title.

Despite that, as Day explained after winning the national championship, it’s important to find happiness outside of on-field results. So, while there’s a lot to be proud of, that’s not where he’s getting his own personal happiness.

“If you define your happiness by the results, then you can find yourself focusing on those things,” Ryan Day said. “I don’t. I’m just as proud of this team no matter what happened. But now the best thing is, again, you get to hear about these guys for the history of college football, and these guys get to go back to the Woody and put their arm around their wife and their kids and say, look what dad did.

“To me, that’s all that matters because that’s why you get into coaching. It isn’t to hoist trophies or make big contracts or anything like that. The reason you get into coaching is to help young men reach their dreams and goals, period. At least that’s what I and our staff are in this thing for.”