When Ohio State announced that Ryan Day would replace Urban Meyer as the head coach of the football team at the end of last season, Day and athletic director Gene Smith were both adamant that they wanted to keep the program’s existing infrastructure in place.
What did they mean by that? In large part, they meant that they wanted to keep the program’s key support staffers in place, including assistant athletic director for sports performance Mickey Marotti, associate athletic director and general manager of football operations Brian Voltolini and assistant athletic director of player personnel Mark Pantoni, among others.