Brian Hartline expected to be named next head coach at South Florida
COLUMBUS — Ohio State offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Brian Hartline has built a reputation as one of the best recruiters and young offensive minds in college football.
Now he’s going to become a head coach.
Hartline is expected to be named the next head coach at South Florida, according to multiple reports. He is expected to stay with the Buckeyes through the College Football Playoff, according to On3.
The Ohio native, former Buckeyes wide receiver and current offensive coordinator is the best recruiter and developer of wide receiver talent in the history of the sport. And he took over play-calling duties this season for Ohio State, quickly rising up the ranks as a position coach and now a coordinator.
“Brian has been successful in every football capacity for which he has been engaged,” Ohio State coach Ryan Day said in Hartline’s Ohio State biography. “He has progressed incredibly well from college to NFL receiver, and then from quality control coach to wide receivers coach and now to his roles as a coordinator. He has also developed his receivers at an unprecedented level and he has recruited as well or better than anyone in the country.”
Brian Hartline, who has not yet hit 40 years old, was named On3’s National Wide Receivers Coach of the Year in 2022. He has been named to similar lists as a recruiter, as well.
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Hartline played at Ohio State from 2005-08, where he racked up 90 catches for 1,429 yards and 12 touchdowns across three seasons from 2006-08. He would go on to play in the NFL for Miami and Cleveland, seeing 104 appearances and hauling in 4,766 yards worth of passes, to go along with 14 touchdowns.
After hanging up the cleats, Brian Hartline turned to coaching, where he became a quality control analyst working with the receivers at Ohio State in 2017. He was promoted to interim receivers coach in 2018.
From there, Hartline was named the full-time receivers coach from 2019-21. He added the passing game coordinator title in 2022, before he was named the offensive coordinator in 2023. He was the co-offensive coordinator in 2024 before resuming the full-time coordinator role in 2025.