Bill O’Brien’s stay at Ohio State didn’t last long.

The former Alabama offensive coordinator is on the verge of leaving the Buckeyes’ staff — where he was hired last month as OC — to become head coach at Boston College, according to a report by ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Action Network’s Brett McMurphy also confirmed the news.

The 54-year-old O’Brien replaces Jeff Hafley, who left the Eagles earlier this month to become offensive coordinator of the NFL’s Green Bay Packers. Boston College went 22-26 the last four seasons under Hafley, including a 7-6 mark with a Fenway Bowl victory in 2023.

It’s O’Brien’s first head-coaching job since he was fired by the NFL’s Houston Texans at the end of the 2020 season. He also spent two years at Penn State, compiling a 15-9 record in 2012 and 2013 in the wake of Joe Paterno’s firing amid the Jerry Sandusky scandal.

O’Brien was at Alabama for two seasons, mentoring Heisman Trophy winner Bryce Young in 2021 and helping Nick Saban’s Crimson Tide to a 24-4 record, an SEC championship and a berth in the College Football Playoff national championship game. His play-calling often came into question and Alabama struggled to run the ball effectively for much of the 2022 season, however.

O’Brien also drew some “retroactive” criticism this past December when Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe revealed prior to the Rose Bowl that O’Brien encouraged him to move to another position. Milroe finished in the Top 10 in the Heisman balloting as a first-year starter while being coached by Tommy Rees in 2023, and led Alabama to the SEC title and the College Football Playoff in Saban’s final season.

O’Brien was OC and quarterbacks coach of the New England Patriots in 2023, but took the same job at Ohio State in January after Bill Belichick was fired in New England. He was also on the Patriots’ staff from 2007-2011, and has been an assistant coach on the college level at Brown Georgia Tech, Maryland and Duke.