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How Mark Pantoni turned Ohio State’s recruiting department into a juggernaut
The “general manager” of Ohio State football is constantly working to help the Buckeyes find the best players.
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Be the best. Nothing else.”
Ohio State Director of Player Personnel Mark Pantoni via Ari Wasserman, Cleveland.com
How things have changed in just over a decade for Mark Pantoni. In 2006, Pantoni was a graduate student at Florida, and was a recruiting intern on Urban Meyer’s staff. 11 years later, Pantoni is essentially the general manager of Ohio State football for Meyer. Heading into his sixth year with Meyer at Ohio State, the duo has accomplished so much already, but they have their eyes on even more. Not only did Ohio State win the inaugural College Football Playoff, but the 2017 recruiting class was the best in school history, and the 2018 recruiting class is currently the best in the nation. When Pantoni arrived in Columbus, it was just him and Greg Gillum on the recruiting staff. Now the staff has grown to 10 people. The hard work of Pantoni and everybody else is certainly not going unnoticed.
Pantoni and his staff have put together a system to help try and earn the commitments of the top football talent around the nation. First, the staff breaks down every play of a prospect’s career, which allows them to spot any weaknesses. From there, Ohio State’s recruiting department puts out more than 500 graphics and videos per week. When Pantoni arrived at Ohio State, there were three sport designers for the whole athletic department. Now Ohio State football has three designers of their own. The next step is to get the recruits on campus for a visit, where the recruits can get an even better feel for just how special Ohio State is. Finally, the recruiting staff emphasizes life after football, and how coming to Ohio State can help prepare them for that. Recruiting has definitely changed over the years, and luckily for Urban Meyer he has a guy like Pantoni working with him to help the program change with the times.
“Where the pendulum swings, that’s something no one really knows because he is in that soup bowl of players. If he happens to be that lucky name that gets called up there, he’s going to be fine. Me personally, I feel he’ll get drafted from what I know and what I’ve seen thus far.”
Ryan Thompson, father of Trevor Thompson via Adam Jardy, The Columbus Dispatch
Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...-pantoni-basketball-nba-draft-trevor-thompson
The “general manager” of Ohio State football is constantly working to help the Buckeyes find the best players.
Be the best. Nothing else.”
Ohio State Director of Player Personnel Mark Pantoni via Ari Wasserman, Cleveland.com
How things have changed in just over a decade for Mark Pantoni. In 2006, Pantoni was a graduate student at Florida, and was a recruiting intern on Urban Meyer’s staff. 11 years later, Pantoni is essentially the general manager of Ohio State football for Meyer. Heading into his sixth year with Meyer at Ohio State, the duo has accomplished so much already, but they have their eyes on even more. Not only did Ohio State win the inaugural College Football Playoff, but the 2017 recruiting class was the best in school history, and the 2018 recruiting class is currently the best in the nation. When Pantoni arrived in Columbus, it was just him and Greg Gillum on the recruiting staff. Now the staff has grown to 10 people. The hard work of Pantoni and everybody else is certainly not going unnoticed.
Pantoni and his staff have put together a system to help try and earn the commitments of the top football talent around the nation. First, the staff breaks down every play of a prospect’s career, which allows them to spot any weaknesses. From there, Ohio State’s recruiting department puts out more than 500 graphics and videos per week. When Pantoni arrived at Ohio State, there were three sport designers for the whole athletic department. Now Ohio State football has three designers of their own. The next step is to get the recruits on campus for a visit, where the recruits can get an even better feel for just how special Ohio State is. Finally, the recruiting staff emphasizes life after football, and how coming to Ohio State can help prepare them for that. Recruiting has definitely changed over the years, and luckily for Urban Meyer he has a guy like Pantoni working with him to help the program change with the times.
“Where the pendulum swings, that’s something no one really knows because he is in that soup bowl of players. If he happens to be that lucky name that gets called up there, he’s going to be fine. Me personally, I feel he’ll get drafted from what I know and what I’ve seen thus far.”
Ryan Thompson, father of Trevor Thompson via Adam Jardy, The Columbus Dispatch
Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...-pantoni-basketball-nba-draft-trevor-thompson
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