Former Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer is joining the board of a nonprofit that will pay Buckeyes football and basketball players to work with charities.
Meyer will serve on the board of THE Foundation, an organization co-founded by Brian Schottenstein, a Columbus real estate developer and Ohio State booster, and Cardale Jones, the former national championship-winning quarterback for the Buckeyes. It launches at the end of this month.
"There isn’t a better person to have on the board than Coach Urban Meyer," Schottenstein said. "It goes without saying that he’s one of the greatest recruiters of student-athletes and coaches of all time.