By Danielle Daniels

May 9, 2025

Walsh spent the past eight seasons on staff at Indiana

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State head coach Jake Diebler has announced the addition of Brian Walsh as an assistant coach on his staff.

“I’m excited for Brian and his family to join our Ohio State Hoops family,” Diebler said. “Brian is a proven recruiter with deep Midwest ties who has excelled at connecting with and developing players. His Big Ten scouting experience and analytics expertise are going to be a valuable asset to our program.”

Walsh spent the past eight seasons on staff at Indiana where he served as an assistant coach, a recruiting coordinator and director of operations. At Indiana, he was part of 149 wins and a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances. He helped bring in the second-ranked transfer portal class according to 247Sports in 2024 and signed a consensus top 30 recruit.

Prior to Indiana, Walsh spent three years at Dayton where he served as the Assistant Director of Basketball Operations for one year and a graduate assistant for two seasons. During his time at Dayton, the Flyers went 76-25, the most wins in a three-year span in program history and they advanced to three-straight NCAA tournaments while claiming back-to-back regular-season Atlantic 10 championships.

Walsh played collegiately at Xavier and Akron. In his first two seasons, he helped the Musketeers to back-to-back Atlantic 10 regular season championships and a pair of Sweet Sixteen appearances in 2009 and 2010. Then at Akron, he led the Zips to a pair of MAC regular season titles and a tournament title in 2013. He also served as team captain during his senior year.

Walsh graduated from the University of Akron in 2012, earning his bachelor’s degree in business administration and then a master’s in sports administration in 2013. In the summer of 2015, he earned a master’s degree in educational leadership.

Walsh’s Coaching Career

2025-Pres.       Ohio State Assistant Coach

2022-25            Indiana Assistant Coach (3 seasons)

2021-22             Indiana Team and Recruiting Coordinator (1 season)

2017-21            Indiana Director of Operations (4 seasons)

2016-17             Dayton Assistant Director of Operations (1 season)

2014-16             Dayton Graduate Assistant (2 seasons)

2013-14             Akron Graduate Assistant (1 season)

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