November 17, 2024

Urban Meyer text: Alabama, Nick Saban tried to hire former Buckeyes assistant Zach Smith


CLOSE Among some 2,000 texts and emails Ohio State University released Friday related to former assistant football coach Zach Smith is one from January of 2018 from former head coach Urban Meyer indicating that Alabama head coach Nick Saban tried to hire Smith to be a coordinator. FILE – In this Sept. 17, 2016, file photo, Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer, right, and then-assistant coach Zach Smith, left, gesture from the sidelines during an NCAA college football game against Oklahoma in Norman, Okla. Ohio State expects to open fall camp as scheduled on Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, but without coach Urban Meyer. Meyer was put on administrative leave on Wednesday, Aug. 1 over the handling of a longtime assistant who has been accused of domestic violence. Co-offensive coordinator Ryan Day will be running the team while Ohio State investigates claims that Meyer’s wife knew about 2015 allegations of abuse…

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