Courtesy of Ryan Day/Instagram Before finding themselves at the epicenter of the college football world, Ryan Day and his wife, Nina, were just two kids playing tee-ball in Manchester, New Hampshire. Day, 45, is now the head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes, and Nina, whom he married in June 2005, recently reflected on their time coming of age together in the Northeast. In an August 2024 interview with Columbus' WBNS 10TV, Nina said she and Ryan grew up in Manchester "about a mile-and-a-half away from each other.