According to Pete Thamel of ESPN, Boston College wide receiver Joseph Griffin Jr. will find a new team through the portal. He spent the past two seasons with the Eagles.

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The Springfield, Massachusetts, native finished second on the team with 345 receiving yards last season. Across 12 games, Griffin averaged 13.8 yards per catch across 256 receptions while bringing in a touchdown.

Griffin started five games and caught 234 yards and five touchdowns as a freshman in 2022.

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Griffin was a four-star recruit as part of the class of 2022 according to Rivals. He was part of a Springfield Central high school team that won a Division 1 Super Bowl state championship.

Former Boston College head coach Jeff Hafley took the defensive coordinator position with the Green Bay Packers this offseason, and the Eagles hired Massachusetts native and one-time Ohio State offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien in February.

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According to Pete Thamel of ESPN, Boston College will hire Doug Marrone “as the program’s new Senior Analyst for Football Strategy/Research.”

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Marrone has a long track record coaching football, much like his colleague O’Brien. Marrone was head coach in the NFL for a combined six years with two different franchises: the Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars.

Marrone was most recently head coach with the Jaguars from 2017-20.

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He transitioned back to college football upon his hiring to Nick Saban’s staff in 2021 to be Alabama’s offensive line coach.

Marrone then returned to the NFL as O-line coach with the New Orleans Saints from 2022-23.

The New York native also has previous college coaching stops at Georgia Tech, Georgia, Tennessee and Syracuse, while Marrone also spent time with the New York Jets from 2002-05.

O’Brien’s hire of Marrone gives Boston College three former NFL head coaches on staff joining senior offensive analyst Rob Chudzinski.

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The Buckeyes moved quickly after Bill O’Brien’s brief tenure at Ohio State ended once he took the head coaching spot at Boston College.

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“I want to sincerely thank Chip for his service to UCLA Football and our student-athletes across the past six seasons and wish the best to him and his wife Jill moving forward,” UCLA athletics director Martin Jarmond stated in a release.

Now, UCLA has started “a national search” for its next head coach, according to a release.

“It is imperative that we support our student-athletes and put them in the best position to succeed,” Jarmond stated. “UCLA is a special place, and we are confident we will find a leader for our football program who develops young men on and off the field and embodies our True Bruin Values.”

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Kelly arrives at Ohio State with a long history alongside Ohio State head coach Ryan Day. The two spent time together when Day was quarterback at New Hampshire and Kelly was offensive coordinator, then the duo coached together in the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2015 and San Francisco 49ers in 2016.

Day stated the Buckeyes are “extremely excited” for Kelly’s arrival, according to Tony Gerdeman of Buckeye Huddle.

“We are extremely excited to have Chip and his wife, Jill, joining our program,” Day stated via Gerdeman. “His experience as a head coach at Oregon, UCLA and in the NFL will bring immediate value to our entire team. I am really looking forward to reconnecting with Chip, introducing him to our staff and team and chasing a championship together. I would also like to wish coach Bill O’Brien and his family well as he takes over at Boston College.”

Now, Day and Kelly will coach together at Ohio State where the former has been head coach for the past five seasons.

Kelly will bring to the Buckeyes a wealth of football knowledge he’s accumulated from over 30 years of coaching. He has been head coach at both the college and NFL levels.

Kelly’s first head coaching job came at Oregon from 2009-12. There, he earned the first of back-to-back Pac-12 Conference Coach of the Year honors in his first season after leading the Ducks to a 10-3 record and Rose Bowl appearance in 2009.

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Before Kelly got to Oregon, he spent the previous 13 years at New Hampshire which is his alma mater.

After four seasons with the Ducks, Kelly made the jump to head coach of the Eagles in 2013. He’d spend three years there before becoming head coach of the 49ers where he and Day coaching quarterbacks.

Kelly was named Maxwell Club NFL Coach of the Year upon leading the Eagles to an NFC East Division championship in 2013, becoming the second head coach in league history to win a division title in his first NFL season.

Kelly first started his coaching career at Columbia University in 1990 when he coached defensive backs and special teams. Among his additional stops early in his career came at New Hampshire as running backs coach in 1992 and as defensive coordinator at Johns Hopkins in 1993.

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Unlike O’Brien, Grubb won’t be staying in the college ranks as he is reportedly accepting a position with the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League to be their offensive coordinator.

Grubb had followed new Alabama head coach Kalen Deboer from the University of Washington and the move to a similar role, albeit in a higher level of the sport, was seen as a major surprise.

The surprise move capped off a bizarre day across the college football landscape. After O’Brien abruptly left Ohio State, the Buckeyes immediately replaced him with UCLA head coach Chip Kelly in a surprising move down the coaching and financial ladder for the long-time spread offense guru.

College Football, folks.

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O’Brien brings over 34 years of coaching experience to Ohio State, notably among the college and professional football ranks.

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“I am extremely pleased to be able to add Bill O’Brien to our coaching staff,” Day stated in a release. “He brings with him a wealth of knowledge – and a tremendous amount of success – at both the NFL and collegiate levels. He is an excellent and experienced offensive coach who has run NFL and Power 5 programs and developed some truly elite players throughout his career. He’ll be an excellent teacher and recruiter for us, and he absolutely strengthens our staff.”

O’Brien was the offensive coordinator under Bill Belichick at the New England Patriots this season.

Before coaching in New England, O’Brien was offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under Nick Saban at Alabama from 2021-22.

He’s also had a stint in the NFL with the Houston Texans, who he served as head coach from 2014-20.

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Prior to his time with the Texans, O’Brien was a head coach in the Big Ten Conference. He led Penn State in 2012-13 when he was named 2012 Paul “Bear” Bryant National Coach of the Year.

O’Brien also has coaching stops at Duke, Maryland, Georgia Tech and Brown.

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