$3.00 PERIODICAL NEWSPAPER CLASSIFICATION DATED MATERIAL PLEASE RUSH!! Vol. 43, No. 23 “For The Buckeye Fan Who Needs To Know More” July 2024 Smith Looks Back On CURTAIN CALL 19-Year OSU Tenure The Interview Issue: By GREG WILSON • Gene Smith – Cover...
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$3.00 PERIODICAL NEWSPAPER CLASSIFICATION DATED MATERIAL PLEASE RUSH!! Vol. 43, No. 23 “For The Buckeye Fan Who Needs To Know More” July 2024 Smith Looks Back On CURTAIN CALL 19-Year OSU Tenure The Interview Issue: By GREG WILSON • Gene Smith – Cover Buckeye Sports Bulletin Staff Writer • Ross Bjork – Pg. 12 • Andy Geiger – Pg. 16 After 19 years as Ohio State’s athletic di- • Jim Jones – Pg. 19 rector, Gene Smith announced that he would • Rick Bay – Pg. 22 retire at the end of June 2024 with Ross • Denny Hoobler – Pg. 26 Bjork taking over the position on July 1. • Bill Conley – Pg. 28 • Butch Reynolds – Pg. 30 Since replacing Andy Geiger in 2005, Smith has been at the head of the athletics department for 35 team and 127 individual national championships and has seen more student-athletes having academic success than when he took over. He has also had to navigate through a very quickly changing college athletics landscape, with name, image and likeness and the transfer portal becoming e
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