Tim Hinton | Executive Director for Football Relations / Special Assistant to the Head Coach

Tim Hinton

Position:
Executive Director for Football Relations / Special Assistant to the Head Coach
Alma Mater:
WILMINGTON, 1982

Tim Hinton serves as the Executive Director for Football Relations / Special Assistant to the Head Coach and has served in that role since 2016. He joined the Buckeyes staff in 2012 and spent four seasons as the OSU’s tight ends/fullbacks coach. Hinton has more than three decades of experience at the high school and collegiate level.

With that, Hinton was honored with the Ohio’s Finest Award at the 2026 Ohio State Coaches’ Clinic, recognizing his long-standing impact on the game in Ohio.

Before arriving at Ohio State, Hinton spent 2010-11 coaching running backs at Notre Dame after serving at Cincinnati from 2004-09, where he coached running backs, linebackers and recruiting responsibilities under Brian Kelly and Mark Dantonio. His Cincinnati tenure came after an 11-year run as head coach at Marion Harding High School from 1993-03, where he led the program to five state playoff berths, five conference titles and the 1995 Ohio Division I co-Coach of the Year honor.

Hinton’s earlier coaching career included head-coaching stops at Zane Trace (1987-88) and Van Wert (1989), plus three seasons at Ohio University from 1990-92 coaching wide receivers and defensive linemen. He also spent two years as a graduate assistant at Ohio State from 1985-86, three seasons as a student-assistant and assistant coach at Wilmington from 1981-84, and three years as an assistant at Amanda-Clearcreek High School from 1978-80.

A Wilmington graduate, Hinton earned his bachelor’s degree in industrial education in 1982 and later completed a master’s degree in educational policy and leadership at Ohio State in 1987.