Former Ohio State assistant coach Zach Smith says he did not inform his old boss Urban Meyer that he was arrested and charged with drunken driving in 2013.
Smith was arrested for speeding and operating a vehicle while intoxicated in February 2013, one year after he joined the Buckeyes staff. He later pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and had his license suspended for six months.
"I handled it on my own without involving OSU," Smith said through his attorney, Brad Koffel, on Monday afternoon.
Ohio State fired Smith on July 23 after past allegations of domestic abuse came to light in a report from college football reporter Brett McMurphy.