as the program’s next running backs coach. Day said he and offensive coordinator Chip Kelly identified 10 to 12 candidates for the role and interviewed seven of them. Ultimately, the Buckeyes’ top offensive minds landed on Locklyn.“We wanted to find somebody who wanted to be at Ohio State at a high level. Carlos does that. He checks that box,” Day said. “He brings a lot of energy to the table.”
Locklyn first became a college running backs coach at Western Kentucky in 2021. He previously spent three years at Memphis, progressing from weight room assistant in 2017 to offensive analyst in 2018 and director of high school relations in 2019. When Florida State hired Memphis head coach Mike Norvell as its program leader in 2020, Norvell brought Locklyn to Tallahassee, where he spent one year as a director of high school relations for the Seminoles.