T he run that Ryan Day and the Ohio State Buckeyes went on to close the 2024 season and win the 2025 national championship was quite impressive. From December through January, the

Ryan Day’s contract extension at Ohio State would make him the second-highest-paid football coach in the country behind Georgia’s Kirby Smart.

Day succeeded Urban Meyer as coach in 2019 and has a 70-10 record. His .875 winning percentage is the highest among active coaches. He is one of only three active coaches – Smart and Clemson’s Dabo Swinney are the others – to have won national championships.

After winning the national championship and signing a contract extension, here's where Ryan Day ranks among the highest-paid college coaches.

The Buckeyes beat Tennessee, Oregon, Texas and Notre Dame to win the first 12-team college football playoff last month.

Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day has inked a bumper 7-year deal to remain with the program following their College Football Playoff win last month

Ryan Day and the Ohio State Buckeyes agreed to a massive contract extension on Thursday morning. Day, who has been Ohio State's head coach since 2019, is fresh off a national championship. The Buckeyes ran through the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff gauntlet,

It has been a great couple of months for Ohio State and head coach Ryan Day since they lost to Michigan just before December began. Day and the Buckeyes reeled off four huge wins after that disappointing loss to bring a National Championship back to Columbus.

It's been quite the two-month run for Ryan Day. After his Ohio State team faltered in late November against hated rival Michigan, Day guided his Buckeyes on an overpowering run through the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff.