Ryan Day: Ohio State coach asked Ex-Selle to share leadership advice with the team

Ohio’s head coach Ryan Day, entered last season with considerable pressure. He Criticism of the day Rampado after the Buckeyes could not defeat their best rival, the Michigan Wolverines, at the end of November.

The day finally sent a strong message to the skeptics while guiding Ohio State to the National University Football Playoffs Championship. During a recent appearance in the “The Triple option” podcast, Day accredited the Navy Seals for providing the Buckeyes with an additional motivation during their career to the national title.

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Ohio’s head coach Ryan Day, reacts after defeating Notre Dame in the University Football Playoff Championship game at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on January 21, 2025. (Samantha Madar/Columbus Dispatch/USA Today Network through IMAGN images)

Clint Bruce, who played in the NFL before and is a former Navy Seal, intervened and shared some words of wisdom about leadership with the football team.

“It has really been good for me in the process of understanding what it means to be a leader,” Said Day said. “The soldiers are fighting. It is your work as a chief coach, leader and captain to look along the horizon and discover what will come later. There are so many parallels between the army and training. He and I would share a lot of conversations.”

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Bruce graduated from the Naval Academy and had periods in the League with the Baltimore Ravens and Santos de New Orleans. He is currently a motivating speaker. He gave an “amazing talk” to the Buckeyes before his playoffs semifinal game against Texas’s Longhorns in January.

Ohio state -headed coach Ryan Day, elevates the trophy after winning the National CFP Championship. (Mark J. Rebila-Imagn images)

“We played in Dallas, and just by chance, the fort in which he is parked was about five minutes from our hotel,” said Day. “He simply came and gave our team an incredible talk. He talked about how when the seals go to a hot point in Afghanistan or in different places, they were installed, they take a few days to regulate with the area, then create a storm, wreck and then leave it.

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Day accredited Bruce for his contribution to the culture of the program, but said the players should receive most of the credit for what they built.

“The expectation comes from the players. We create a leadership committee in which we vote before the spring ball, and then we vote again after the spring ball. We write the expectations on the board,” he said.

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This month, the day was rewarded with a Contract extension That will link it to the football program during season 2031. Day also became the second best paid coach in university football, only behind Kirby Smart in Georgia.

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