Many Ohio State coaches and athletic administrators have felt the impact of Gene Smith. After the Ohio State athletic director announced he would retire effective June 30, 2024, many coaches and administrators who worked with Smith praised his tenure with the Buckeyes as their eighth athletic director in program history. In his tenure with Ohio State, the Buckeyes have won 32 team and 117 individual national championships, including winning the first College Football Playoff in 2014, three men’s volleyball national titles and a wrestling national championship. Here’s what former and current Ohio State coaches and administrators had to say about Smith’s 19-year tenure. Urban Meyer: former Ohio State football coach Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer and Athletic Director Gene Smith speak at a press conference on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at the Longaberger Alumni House. The press conference was to announce the punishments of Meyer and A.D. Smith in…
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