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“It Would Be a Tough Thing to Walk Away From”: Brady Edmunds Still Weighing Whether to Stay Committed to Ohio State or Flip to UCLA​

If Edmunds were to flip to UCLA or another school, he said the decision would be difficult. As the second commitment in Ohio State’s 2027 class behind five-star wide receiver Jamier Brown, Edmunds has been pledged to the Buckeyes for a year and a half. He has been a fan of the program for even longer.

“If for whatever reason it ends up going the other way, it would be a tough thing to walk away from,” Edmunds said of his Ohio State commitment. “I’ve been a part of this for so long, obviously committed for 18-plus months, one of the longest commits in all of the class, so it means a lot. I mean, my family, everything like that. My grandpa obviously being from here. It’s a big deal.”

Edmunds said he does not have an official timeline for making a final decision on his college destination. However, he'd like to make one sooner rather than later.

“There’s a time where I’d like to get it done, and that’s probably as soon as possible,” he said. “But again, I never thought I would really be in this position to begin with, so we’ll see.”

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The Ohio State women’s basketball team and head coach Kevin McGuff announced the addition of 29-year coaching veteran Todd Schaefer to the coaching staff on June 15, 2026. Schaefer serves as an assistant coach.

“Todd Schaefer brings tremendous credibility, experience and character to our program,” McGuff said. “He is highly respected in women’s basketball and what stood out most to us is his ability to teach. Todd has earned a strong reputation for development and we believe he is the right person to help our student-athletes grow both on and off the court.”

Schaefer comes to Columbus after spending last season as an assistant coach at Missouri. The Tigers finished the 2025-26 season with a 17-17 record and led the SEC in free-throw percentage (.779), a mark that ranked 16th nationally. Missouri made an appearance in the WBIT and advanced to the second round.

“I want to thank Coach McGuff for the opportunity to be a part of Ohio State women’s basketball,” Schaefer said. “I’m looking forward to working alongside the staff and with our players in an effort to continue to grow the success of the program.”

Prior to Missouri, Schaefer spent eight years at Arkansas. He served as an assistant coach from 2017-19 before being promoted to associate head coach (2019-24). Schaefer helped guide Arkansas to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances and five straight postseason berths.

On three occasions, Schaefer helped the Razorbacks achieve 20+ win seasons. In 2018-19, he directed the team 10 wins against SEC opponents. Known for his ability to develop talent, he coached athletes to five All-American honors, seven all-conference honors, four all-freshman recognition and a freshman of the year award. Schaefer was integral in the progression of Chelsea Dungee's play as she became the fifth overall pick in the 2021 WNBA draft to the Dallas Wings. Schaefer oversaw many aspects of the Arkansas program including scouting, recruiting, scheduling and administration.

Schaefer previously spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Ole Miss (2013-16) and the 2012-13 season at Washington. While with the Huskies, he helped shape two-time WNBA champion and three-time WNBA all-star Kelsey Plum, who finished her career as the NCAA's all-time leading scorer.

Prior to his time with the Huskies, Schaefer served as an assistant coach at Arkansas State. He worked with the Red Wolves' perimeter players, opponent scouting and video. Schaefer directed the program's preseason and post-season conditioning programs and assisted with the academic progress of the Arkansas State players.

A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Schaefer also served two seasons (2009-11) as the head coach at Greenbrier (Ark.) High School.

Before coaching at Greenbrier, Schaefer was an assistant coach at Cincinnati from 2007-09, where he coordinated the Bearcat offense and served as the director of opponent scouting, among other duties.

Schaefer spent three seasons at Arkansas Tech, including two as head coach during the 2005-07 seasons. While serving as the head coach at Arkansas Tech, he led the Golden Suns to a road victory over the top-ranked team in Division II basketball and a berth in the 2007 NCAA Division II Regional Tournament.

He served as head coach at Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tenn. from 1999-2004. In his first season at Christian Brothers, he led the Lady Buccaneers to their first-ever berth in the Gulf South Conference Tournament. Four years later, Schaefer directed Christian Brothers to the GSC West Division title and to the NCAA South Regional Tournament for the first time in school history.

Schaefer began his coaching career at Western Illinois, spending two seasons (1995-97) as an assistant coach and the recruiting coordinator. He then spent two seasons (1997-99) as the head coach at Allen County Community College.

Schaefer earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in English at Thomas More College in 1995 while working as a student assistant basketball coach and playing on the football team. He and his wife, Lisa, have three sons, Landon, Will and Jake.

CMic said:

Reds will win tomorrow, but they won’t win another game in June.

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Zurp said:

True or not, why would the agent put this out there? How does it help him or Sorsby? Why say it?
Are they trying to get Cincinnati in trouble? I mean, if that's the case, the cool. But why?

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Two reasons I can think of. First, they're trying to make him the victim of immoral universities that enabled his problem and were the reason it continued to grow. Second, Juggalo State is suing him for the million, so it's a nice "get fucked" to them.

True or not, why would the agent put this out there? How does it help him or Sorsby? Why say it?
Are they trying to get Cincinnati in trouble? I mean, if that's the case, the cool. But why?

Lodolo is a fucking joke.

Now he's getting killed every time he goes out-no blisters.

Ironic

So, Sorsby puts the juggaolo program in deep jeopardy covering up for him, leaves them anyways and stiffs them on the $1M buyout that was in his contract. I'm starting to like the cut of this young man's jib.

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Before I didn't care about them, but this makes me want the B1G and SEC to completely bury the ACC and Big 12.

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Double Nickels 50 seconds ago
With #1 QB Christopher Vargas on campus today throwing in 7-7, I think the Buckeyes should try to close the deal with him. It's been reported before that we were his leader-now you get to throw to CHJ, Jamier, Jett, Boyd etc. I mean buddy don't overthink this one.

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Wow, had no idea. Yeah this is one he definitely doesn't have to over think. I'll throw in the obvious of having Day as your head coach, who is the best HC you can possibly have if you're a QB.

To the mid-majors and soon to be mid-majors:

pnuts34 said:

I always thought his recruitment was going to come down to where he felt most comfortable more than just NIL. And I thought OSU would've been heavily favored in that vein, due to him getting to grow up around OSU with MHjr going to OSU. He already got to meet most of the coaches when he was in MS, and knows how practice is run, he knows campus life and he knows how he'll be pushed to succeed

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Same here. His family is set financially if something were to happen and OSU is still the best WR pathway to the next level with Hankton coming in. And obviously Day is the biggest pull there is, as he's extremely close with the family. I would be shocked if he didn't land in Columbus.

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