Ohio State defensive assistant Tony Washington Jr. leaves for Kentucky
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Ohio State assistant defensive line coach Tony Washington Jr. has reportedly accepted a job with the Kentucky Wildcats to be the program’s defensive end and outside linebackers coach, according to ESPN, which reported the news Dec. 14.
Washington Jr. joined the Buckeyes staff for one season. He coached at UCLA in 2024. He was a graduate assistant at Nebraska and an assistant coach at Oregon, his alma mater.
The former college defensive lineman had a four-year playing career with the Ducks before coaching.
Sources: Kentucky is set to hire Tony Washington Jr. as the school’s new DE/OLB’s coach. He comes from Ohio State, where he’s an assistant working with the defensive line this year. He has previous stops at UCLA, Oregon and Nebraska. pic.twitter.com/6CPtB2cbFs
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) December 14, 2025
Washington Jr. overlapped with new Kentucky head coach Will Klein while working as an assistant at Oregon in 2023.
Ohio State assistant offensive line coach Marcus Johnson departs for Arkansas after Big Ten title game
Ohio State offensive coordinator Brian Hartline is not the only offensive coach for the Buckeyes on the move. According to a Dec. 8 report by CBS Sports, Buckeyes offensive assistant coach Marcus Johnson was hired by Arkansas to be an offensive line coach.
Arkansas is hiring Ohio State’s Marcus Johnson and Memphis’ Jeff Myers as offensive line coaches, sources tell @CBSSports.
Johnson, an ex-NFL offensive lineman, played for new Arkansas coach Ryan Silverfield with the Vikings. Has coached a number of standout offensive linemen.… pic.twitter.com/9qAYZ0qVV7
— Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) December 8, 2025
Johnson spent five seasons playing in the NFL and was an offensive lineman for the Vikings at the same time that new Arkansas coach Ryan Silverfield was an assistant coach on the staff.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Ohio State defensive assistant Tony Washington Jr. leaves for Kentucky
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