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Gene Smith served as Ohio State's athletic director from 2005 to 2024. Before joining Ohio State, he held the same role at ...
Gene Smith, who retired as Ohio State's athletic director last year, is now working with Maryland as a consultant.
Former Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith is reportedly serving as a consultant for Maryland athletics for the next six ...
Gene Smith was one of the first Black athletic directors at Power 5 schools. Now he's preparing to walk away after spending almost 40 years.
You have to have something to keep you mentally active,” Smith said to the Dispatch, “and the consulting and board work keeps ...
Gene Smith, who spent nearly two decades as the athletic director at Ohio State and has been regarded as one of the most influential administrators in college sports, will retire next year.
Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith, left, talks with Diana Sabau, Ohio State's senior associate athletics director and football administrator, at a 2017 news conference.
Gene Smith says Michigan's last three wins in the game need asterisks. Smith may have been a phenomenal athletic director during his Ohio State tenure, but it was not one without controversy.
Gene Smith on firing Chris Holtmann: 'When you care about someone like I do, it makes it hard' For most fans, Chris Holtmann was just a coach. But he was more than that to Gene Smith.
Gene Smith had been a successful athletic director at three schools. But his place in history was cemented by his 19-year tenure at Ohio State.
Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith knows the resumption of college sporting events in venues without fans is an option amid the coronavirus pandemic, but he doesn't see how it would ensure ...
Gene Smith. One of the great backs in Curtis football history, Gene Smith tore up the HS scene during the late 1960s and early '70s before moving on to play and coach in three other states.