Football
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- Quality Control (Offense)
Tim Drevno joined the Ohio State football staff in March of 2024 and will serve as a quality control coach on offense for the Buckeyes.
Drevno is a 32-year coaching veteran, having worked at four different Power 5 schools along with a three-year stint in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers. Most recently, he was the offensive line coach at UCLA in 2022 and 2023. During his career, he has guided four offensive linemen to first-round NFL draft selections, including three in the last five years, and coached in a Super Bowl.
Drevno was the run game, pass protection coordinator and offensive line coach at USC in 2019 and 2020 after being run game, pass protection coordinator and running backs coach for the Trojans in the 2018 season. He coached 2021 first-round NFL selection Alijah Vera-Tucker and 2020 first-round pick Austin Jackson during his tenure with USC. Vera-Tucker also was voted the Pac-12's 2020 Morris Trophy winner as the league's top offensive lineman.
From 2015-17, Drevno served as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Michigan, where he worked with 2020 NFL first-rounder Cesar Ruiz. The Wolverines rushed for more than 2,000 yards in each season. In 2017, three players rushed for at least 500 yards, a program first since 1991.
While serving as USC's offensive line coach in 2014, the Trojans ranked fourth in the country in pass efficiency (165.4), 15th in pass offense (296.6) and 29th in total offense (457.5). Javorius Allen led the Pac-12 and was 12th in the nation in all-purpose yards per game (149.8). The Trojans eclipsed 2,000 rushing yards as a team, while center Max Tuerk made the All-Pac-12 first team and offensive guard-tackle Toa Lobendahn and offensive guard Viane Talamaivao each earned Freshman All-America first-team acclaim.
The previous three seasons, Drevno worked as offensive line coach in the NFL for San Francisco. In 2012, all five of the 49ers’ offensive line starters were selected for the Pro Bowl and Iupati was an All-Pro first-team selection. The 2011 line led the way for running back Frank Gore to become the franchise’s all-time leading rusher. The 49ers advanced to the playoffs in each of Drevno’s seasons, including winning the NFC West title his first two years and capturing the NFC championship in 2012. Gore finished in the top 15 in the NFL in rushing yards all three seasons, including top-10 finishes in 2011 and 2012. In addition, the 49ers finished in the top 10 in the NFL in rushing offense during each season.
Prior to joining the 49ers, Drevno was an assistant at Stanford for four seasons (2007-2010), the first two years handling the tight ends and the last two coaching the offensive line. Drevno's offensive linemen Jonathan Martin, David DeCastro, Chase Beeler and Chris Marinelli each earned All-Pac-10 honors during that time. In addition, DeCastro, a 2011 All-America selection, was the first-round choice of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2012 NFL Draft. Marinelli and running back Toby Gerhart earned All-America honors in 2009. Martin and Beeler were All-America selections in 2010.
Other coaching stops for Drevno include San Diego (2003-06), where he was the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach, Idaho (2000-02), San Jose State (1999), UNLV (1998), Montana State (1993-97) and Cal State Fullerton (1991-92).
Drevno earned his bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Cal State Fullerton in 1992 after being an all-league player at South Torrance (Calif.) HS. He and his wife, Shannon, have two daughters, McKenna and Baylee, and a son, Zachary.
