Youngstown State is primed to make their first ever D1 NCAA Tourney.
Their head coach (Jerrod Calhoun) is from East Liverpool, and played at Cleveland State.
He was a GA under Bob Huggins at Cincinnati, and then was an assistant coach under him at WVU for 5 years.
He took over a D2 school in WV, and made the 2nd round of the D2 tourney. He stayed there 5 years, culminating in a D2 national championship appearance.
He then took over a trash YSU program, and by Year 3 (2019-20) had their best record since 2001. He followed that with two more winning seasons. They are now the KenPom favorite in the conference, and on the verge of their 4th straight winning season. Youngstown State hasn't accomplished that since the mid-70s, as a D2 team.
But OSU wouldn't be interested in the best coach in Youngstown State history. Maybe Jon Gruden is available