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How have Bill O'Brien's offenses performed before he joined Ryan Day and Ohio State?

colin gay, columbus dispatch
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Bill O'Brien's next career stop is in Columbus.

The former NFL head coach and Big Ten/Southeastern Conference offensive coordinator was announced as Ryan Day and Ohio State's next offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

For O'Brien, this is not a new role.

O'Brien has spent 19 seasons as an offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach or head coach for six different programs: Georgia Tech, Duke, the New England Patriots, Penn State, the Houston Texans and Alabama.

How have his offenses fared in those seasons?

Here's a look at O'Brien's offensive stats throughout his coaching career.

How have Bill O'Brien's offenses performed?

2001: Georgia Tech offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach

  • Points per game: 29.3 points — No. 30 in FBS

  • Total offense: 417.9 yards per game (278.9 passing, 139 rushing) — No. 4 in ACC

  • QB George Godsey: 3,085 passing yards, 22 total touchdowns, 11 interceptions, 64.8% completion rate

2002: Georgia Tech offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach 

  • Points per game: 21.5 points — No. 94 in FBS

  • Total offense: 374.7 yards per game (211.1 passing, 163.6 rushing) — No. 5 in ACC

  • QB A.J. Suggs: 2,242 passing yards, 12 touchdowns, 15 interceptions, 57.3% completion rate

New Duke offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien yells at his offense during a scrimmage Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2005, at Wallace Wade Stadium on the campus of Duke University in Durham, N.C. O'Brien is the third offensive coordinator in the past three years at Duke. (AP Photo/Stan Gilliland)
New Duke offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien yells at his offense during a scrimmage Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2005, at Wallace Wade Stadium on the campus of Duke University in Durham, N.C. O'Brien is the third offensive coordinator in the past three years at Duke. (AP Photo/Stan Gilliland)

2005: Duke offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach 

  • Points per game: 16.1 points — No. 111 in FBS

  • Total offense: 248.1 yards per game (121 passing, 127.1 rushing) — No. 12 in ACC

  • QB Zack Asack: 966 passing yards, 7 total touchdowns, 8 interceptions, 50% completion rate

2006: Duke offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach 

  • Points per game: 14.9 points — No. 112 in FBS

  • Total offense: 283.4 yards per game (185.2 passing, 98.3 rushing) — No. 11 in ACC

  • QB Thaddeus Lewis: 2,134 passing yards, 12 total touchdowns, 16 interceptions, 52.9% completion rate

CORRECTS SPELLING TO O'BRIEN, INSTEAD OF O'BRIAN - New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien speaks with quarterback Tom Brady during the first half of the AFC championship NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
CORRECTS SPELLING TO O'BRIEN, INSTEAD OF O'BRIAN - New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien speaks with quarterback Tom Brady during the first half of the AFC championship NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

2009: New England Patriots quarterbacks coach 

  • QB Tom Brady: 4,398 passing yards, 29 total touchdowns, 13 interceptions, 65.7% completion rate

2010: New England Patriots quarterbacks coach 

  • QB Tom Brady: 3,900 passing yards, 37 total touchdowns, 4 interceptions, 65.9% completion rate

2011: New England Patriots offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach 

  • Points per game: 32.1 points — No. 3 in NFL

  • Total offense: 428 yards per game (328.6 passing, 110.3 rushing) — No. 2 in NFL

  • QB Tom Brady: 5,235 passing yards, 42 total touchdowns, 12 interceptions, 65.6% completion rate

Penn State quarterback Matthew McGloin (11) gets a play from Penn State head coach Bill O'Brien during the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football game against Wisconsin in State College, Pa., Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012. Penn State won in overtime 24-21. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Penn State quarterback Matthew McGloin (11) gets a play from Penn State head coach Bill O'Brien during the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football game against Wisconsin in State College, Pa., Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012. Penn State won in overtime 24-21. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

2012: Penn State head coach 

  • Points per game: 29.1 points — No. 63 in FBS

  • Total offense: 417.5 yards per game (273.6 passing, 143.9 rushing) — No. 4 in Big Ten

  • QB Matt McGloin: 3,271 passing yards, 29 total touchdowns, 5 interceptions

Penn State head coach Bill O'Brien, right, talks with quarterback Christian Hackenberg during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game in Minneapolis Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)
Penn State head coach Bill O'Brien, right, talks with quarterback Christian Hackenberg during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game in Minneapolis Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)

2013: Penn State 2013 head coach 

  • Points per game: 28.7 points — No. 69 in FBS

  • Total offense: 433.2 yards per game (259.2 passing, 174 rushing) — No. 4 in Big Ten

  • QB Christian Hackenberg: 2,955 passing yards, 24 total touchdowns, 10 interceptions, 58.9% completion rate

Houston Texans head coach Bill O'Brien, center, with Ryan Fitzpatrick (14) during the second quarter of an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014, in Houston. (AP Photo/Patric Schneider)
Houston Texans head coach Bill O'Brien, center, with Ryan Fitzpatrick (14) during the second quarter of an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014, in Houston. (AP Photo/Patric Schneider)

2014: Houston Texans head coach 

  • Points per game: 23.3 points — No. 14 in NFL

  • Total offense: 344.6 yards per game (216.3 passing, 135.1 rushing) — No. 17 in NFL

  • QB Ryan Fitzpatrick: 2,483 passing yards, 19 total touchdowns, 8 interceptions, 63.1% completion rate

Houston Texans head coach Bill O'Brien, center, congratulates quarterback Brian Hoyer (7) and running back Arian Foster (23) after a touchdown during the first half an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Houston Texans head coach Bill O'Brien, center, congratulates quarterback Brian Hoyer (7) and running back Arian Foster (23) after a touchdown during the first half an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

2015: Houston Texans head coach

  • Points per game: 21.2 points — No. 21 in NFL

  • Total offense: 347.8 yards per game (254.9 passing, 108.2 rushing) — No. 19 in NFL

  • QB Brian Hoyer: 2,606 passing yards, 19 total touchdowns, 7 interceptions, 60.7% completion rate

2016: Houston Texans head coach

  • Points per game: 17.4 points — No. 28 in NFL

  • Total offense: 314.7 yards per game (213.6 passing, 116.2 rushing) — No. 29 in NFL

  • QB Brock Osweiler: 2,957 passing yards, 17 total touchdowns, 16 interceptions, 59% completion rate

2017:  Houston Texans head coach 

  • Points per game: 21.1 points — No. 17 in NFL

  • Total offense: 320 yards per game (227.8 passing, 115.1 rushing) — No. 20 in NFL

  • QB Tom Savage: 1,412 passing yards, 5 total touchdowns. 6 interceptions, 56.1% completion rate

  • QB Deshaun Watson: 1,699 passing yards, 21 total touchdowns, 8 interceptions, 61.8% completion rate

2018: Houston Texans head coach 

  • Points per game: 25.1 points — No. 11 in NFL

  • Total offense: 362.6 yards per game (260.3 passing, 126.3 rushing) — No. 15 in NFL

  • QB Deshaun Watson: 4,165 passing yards, 31 total touchdowns, 9 interceptions, 68.3% completion rate

2019: Houston Texans head coach

  • Points per game: 23.6 points — No. 14 in NFL

  • Total offense: 362 yards per game (255.2 passing, 125.6 rushing)  — No. 13 in NFL

  • QB Deshaun Watson: 3,852 passing yards, 33 total touchdowns, 12 interceptions, 67.3% completion rate

2020: Houston Texans head coach — fired after four games 

  • Points per game: 20 points

  • Total offense: 327.5 yards per game (254 passing, 73.5 rushing)

  • QB Deshaun Watson: 1,281 passing yards, 9 total touchdowns, 1 interception, 74.1% completion rate

FILE - Alabama quarterback Bryce Young (9) warms up as offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien, left, watches before an NCAA college football game against Florida, on Sept. 18, 2021, in Gainesville, Fla. Young views the Heisman Trophy as about what he and Alabama have already done, not what the top-ranked Crimson Tide are still trying to accomplish in his first season as their starting quarterback. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

2021: Alabama offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach 

  • Points per game: 39.9 points — No. 6 in FBS

  • Total offense: 488.3 yards per game (338.2 passing, 150.1 rushing) — No. 2 in SEC

  • QB Bryce Young: 4,872 passing yards, 50 total touchdowns, 7 interceptions, 66.9% completion rate

2022: Alabama offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach 

  • Points per game: 41.4 points — No. 4 in FBS

  • Total offense: 477.1 yards per game (281.5 passing, 195.5 rushing) — No. 4 in SEC

  • QB Bryce Young: 3,328 passing yards, 36 total touchdowns, 5 interceptions, 64.5% completion rate

New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien points while standing near quarterback Mac Jones (10) during an NFL football practice, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien points while standing near quarterback Mac Jones (10) during an NFL football practice, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

2023: New England Patriots offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach 

  • Points per game: 13.9 points — No. 31 in NFL

  • Total offense: 276.2 yards per game (199.5 passing, 95.7 rushing) — No. 30 in NFL

  • QB Mac Jones: 2,120 passing yards, 10 total touchdowns, 12 interceptions, 64.9% completion rate

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This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: How Bill O'Brien's offenses have performed before Ohio State