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Gene Smith (Former AD, ‘10 AD of the Year, '13 NAAC Organizational Leadership Award)

SKULL SESSION: OHIO STATE WANTS A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT AT THE SHOE, JT TUIMOLOAU HAD A MASTERCLASS VS. PENN STATE LAST SEASON AND THE SEARCH FOR GENE SMITH'S SUCCESSOR STARTS NOW

THE SEARCH BEGINS. Ohio State announced members of the search committee for the school's next athletic director on Wednesday. The committee will help Ohio State nominate candidates and provide input and feedback to the Collegiate Sports Associates (CSA) search firm. The committee will also work with CSA to coordinate and facilitate community listening sessions.

Michael C. Eicher, senior vice president for advancement and president of The Ohio State University Foundation, will be the committee's chair. The other members include:
  • Pierre Bigby, Ohio State Board of Trustees; former Ohio State student-athlete
  • Clark Kellogg, former Board of Trustees member and Ohio State student-athlete
  • Archie Griffin, former senior vice president, Ohio State Alumni Association, and Ohio State student-athlete
  • Michael Papadakis, senior vice president for business and finance, Chief Financial Officer
  • Stacy Rastauskas, vice president for government affairs
  • Lincoln L. Davies, dean and Frank R. Strong Chair in Law, Moritz College of Law
  • Nadine Muzerall, head coach, Ohio State women’s ice hockey
  • Janine Oman, senior deputy athletics director
  • Xen Riggs, vice president and chief operating officer, Department of Athletics and Business Advancement
  • John E. Davidson, professor, Department of Germanic Languages and Literature; faculty athletics representative
  • Tom Gessells, director of information technology, Wexner Medical Center; staff representative, Athletics Council
  • Nina LeFlore, co-president, Student-Athlete Advisory Council
  • Alex Dediu, co-president, Student-Athlete Advisory Council
Look, a committee that includes Archie Griffin and Clark Kellogg has to be a committee that will make the correct decision on the next athletic director for THE World Famous Ohio State Buckeyes. It has to be. Add in national champion head coach Nadine Muzerall and some other impressive university representatives, and this process will be done in no time!
 
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