As I stated in another thread, as a huge Buckeye fan, I'm pretty happy to hear that he is going to be our next head coach. I never have liked the guy myself, but then he wasn't our coach at the time. He always has come across as extremely arrogant at the very least.
But he is from Ohio. Born in Toledo, Ohio and raised in Ashtabula, Ohio. He went to Cincinnati (where he played defensive back) and got his Masters at The Ohio State University. He started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at OSU as well.