Jake Diebler has filled out his coaching staff for the 2025-26 season.
Diebler announced Friday that he has hired former Indiana assistant Brian Walsh as an assistant coach, filling the spot vacated on Ohio State’s coaching staff when Talor Battle left for Penn State in April.
Help us welcome the newest member of our coaching staff to Buckeye Nation @JakeDiebler has announced the hiring of Assistant Coach Brian Walsh. Walsh joins the Ohio State staff after spending the last 8 seasons coaching & recruiting in Bloomington with the Hoosiers.
— Ohio State Hoops (@OhioStateHoops) May 9, 2025
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Walsh comes to Ohio State after eight years at Indiana, including the last three as an assistant coach on Mike Woodson’s staff. Before his promotion to assistant coach in 2022, Walsh was the team and recruiting coordinator for one season and the director of operations for four seasons.
A former guard at Xavier and Akron, Walsh started his coaching career as a graduate assistant for the Zips in 2013, then spent three years on staff at Dayton before joining Indiana’s staff in 2017.
“I’m excited for Brian and his family to join our Ohio State Hoops family,” Diebler said in Ohio State’s announcement. “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.”
Diebler joins a staff of assistant coaches that also includes Joel Justus, Dave Dickerson, Jamall Walker and Luke Simons. All of them are back for their second season at Ohio State, with Dickerson in his second stint as an assistant coach with the Buckeyes, after joining the program last offseason as members of Diebler’s inaugural staff as Ohio State’s head coach.
