The UCLA Bruins saw Chip Kelly leave Westwood to become the offensive coordinator for the Ohio State Buckeyes. Kelly is now bringing in a former coach he hired when he was at UCLA. Billy Fessler, who was hired as the quarterbacks coach at the beginning of the 2024 year, is now joining Ohio State’s staff, per Doug Samuels of Football Scoop.
“Now Fessler is reportedly set to join the Buckeyes staff, reuniting with Kelly and also rejoining the Buckeye program he once served as a graduate assistant for.”
Fessler previously had stops at Slippery Rock (D-II – PA), Mississippi State, and Ohio State before going to Akron, and he was expected to be a big hire for UCLA.
But, now he follows Chip Kelly to Columbus.
Pete Thamel of ESPN mentioned Fessler is coming in as an analyst to work with quarterbacks.
Sources: Ohio State is set to hire Billy Fessler as an analyst to work with quarterbacks. Fessler is a former OSU graduate assistant who coached quarterbacks at Akron for two seasons (2022-23), including serving as OC in 2023.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) June 16, 2024
This is another chapter in the UCLA to Ohio State pipeline.