A six-year Ohio State assistant strength coach is joining Scott Satterfield's staff at Cincinnati.
Niko Palazeti, a former Michigan State football player, joined the Buckeye program in January 2017 after previous stops at Mississippi State and Maryland. According to a report from ESPN's Pete Thamel, Palazeti is now slated to join the Bearcat program as the new director of football sports performance.
Sources: Ohio State assistant strength coach Niko Palazeti is leaving to take the director of football sports performance job for Scott Satterfield at Cincinnati. He spent six years with the Buckeyes and is a former player at Michigan State.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) January 2, 2023
Palazeti is one of several Cincinnati hires with Ohio State ties. Satterfield, hired as Luke Fickell's replacement last month, kept Kerry Coombs on staff after joining the program as cornerbacks coach and special teams coordinator last season. Coombs also served as interim head coach for Cincinnati's 24-7 loss in the Fenway Bowl.
The Bearcats also recently hired Cass Simmons, who had previously been with OSU as a recruiting assistant, as director of recruiting strategy, and Jack Griffith, who briefly served on the Buckeye staff last year, as director of player personnel.
