November 17, 2024

Urban Meyer’s fate could be decided Wednesday at Ohio State trustees’ meeting


Urban Meyer has been at Ohio State since 2012. (Annie Rice/Associated Press) , Reporter August 20 at 10:43 PM Ohio State’s board of trustees has set a meeting for Wednesday, following a briefing Monday by investigators, at which it could decide the fate of the Buckeyes’ decorated head football coach, Urban Meyer. He was placed on paid administrative leave at the start of this month, after he acknowledged making conflicting statements about his knowledge of 2015 domestic violence accusations made against a longtime assistant who was fired in July. Ohio State’s trustees subsequently hired an outside investigative firm to look into what Meyer knew and did about the alleged actions of the ex-assistant, Zach Smith. They will hold a public meeting Wednesday before going behind closed doors to discuss a possible recommendation to university president Michael V. Drake, who has final say on what measures are taken. Drake has no official deadline,…

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