Tony Alford

Position coach

Headline rating: as position coach · running backs. Every role he has been rated in is below.

Chemistry

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Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

2017–2023Ohio StateAssistant Head Coach for Offense / Running Backs Coach

Rating92Peak95

Room quality, development (his players gaining more than typical players at the position year to year) and recruiting credit.

Season	Team	Room	Room quality	Development	Recruiting	Season score
2023	Ohio State	Running backs	73	-5.1	0.948	0.58
2022	Ohio State	Running backs	84	+7.8	0.848	0.90
2021	Ohio State	Running backs	82	+7.0	0.904	1.15
2020	Ohio State	Running backs	76	+7.5	0.975	1.32
2019	Ohio State	Running backs	85	+24.5	0.873	1.71
2018	Ohio State	Running backs	73	-2.7	0.896	0.36
2017	Ohio State	Running backs	84	+10.5	0.952	1.63

Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.