Gene Smith isn’t having any second thoughts about retirement.
Speaking with Eleven Warriors last week just 10 days before the final day of his 19-year tenure as Ohio State’s athletic director, Smith felt ready to step away from leading the OSU athletic department and start the next chapter of his life.
Smith isn’t going to step away from college athletics entirely. He was named in April as the chair-elect of the Fiesta Bowl Board of Directors and will serve a two-year term in that role, keeping him involved in the beginning of the 12-team College Football Playoff.