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The Ohio State Buckeyes are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent
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, located in
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. The athletic programs are named after the colloquial term for people from the state of
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and after the state tree, the
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. The Buckeyes participate in the
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's (NCAA) Division I and the
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in most sports. The Ohio State women's ice hockey team competes in the
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(WCHA). The school colors are scarlet and
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. The university's mascot is
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. "THE" is the official trademark of the Ohio State University merchandise. Led by its football program, the Buckeyes have the largest overall sports endowment of any campus in North America. Ohio State is one of only seven universities to have won an NCAA national championship in
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and men's
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, and be recognized as a national champion in
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. Ohio State has also won national championships in women's ice hockey, men's swimming & diving, men's outdoor track & field, men's volleyball, men's golf, men's gymnastics, men's fencing, women's rowing, co-ed fencing, co-ed and women's pistol, artistic swimming, and wrestling. Since the inception of the Athletic Director's Cup, Ohio State has finished in the top 25 each year, including top 6 finishes in three of the last five years. During the 2005–06 school year Ohio State became the first Big Ten team to win conference championships in football, men's basketball and women's basketball in the same season. This feat repeated in the 2006–07 season, which also included a February 25, 2007 men's basketball game which saw the Buckeyes defeat the
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in the Big Ten's first basketball game between the number one and number two ranked squads in the nation. Some of the outstanding sports figures who were student athletes at Ohio State include
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, "The Buckeye Bullet" (track and field),
John Havlicek John Joseph Havlicek (often nicknamed Hondo) ( ; April 8, 1940 – April 25, 2019) was an American professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A swingman, Hav ...
,
Jerry Lucas Jerry Ray Lucas (born March 30, 1940) is an American former basketball player. He was a nationally awarded high school player, national college star at Ohio State University, and 1960 Olympic medal, gold medal Olympian and international player be ...
, and
Katie Smith Katie Smith (born June 4, 1974) is an American basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team. She is the former head coach of the New York Liberty. A retired professional baske ...
(basketball), Frank Howard (baseball),
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(golf),
Archie Griffin Archie Mason Griffin (born August 21, 1954) is an American former football running back who played with the Cincinnati Bengals in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons. He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes, wh ...
(football running back, the only two-time
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winner), and
Chic Harley Charles Wesley "Chic" Harley (September 15, 1895 – April 21, 1974) was an American football player and athlete, often credited with bringing Ohio State University's football program to national attention. Harley was Ohio State's first consens ...
(three-time All-American football running back). Hall of Fame coaches at Ohio State have included
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and
Woody Hayes Wayne Woodrow "Woody" Hayes (February 14, 1913 – March 12, 1987) was an American college football coach and player. He served as the head football coach at Denison University from 1946 to 1948, Miami University in Oxford, Ohio from 1949 to 195 ...
(football), Fred Taylor (men's basketball). Notable sports figures in Ohio State history may be inducted into the
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.


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Baseball

Ohio State has played baseball since 1881, winning a national championship in 1966 along with 16 Big Ten regular-season titles and eight Big Ten tournament titles. The Buckeyes baseball team was the first Ohio State sports team. The team is currently coached by Greg Beals and play their home games at Bill Davis Stadium, which opened in 1997. Going into the 2008 season the Buckeyes all-time record is 2228–1427–38. Notable alumni include Frank Howard,
Nick Swisher Nicholas Thompson Swisher (born November 25, 1980) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and first baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was a switch hitter who threw left-handed, and played for the Oakland Athletics, Chica ...
and two-time All-American
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.


Men's basketball

The Ohio State men's basketball team has played in 10 NCAA
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, winning the championship in 1960, when they were led by
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rs
Jerry Lucas Jerry Ray Lucas (born March 30, 1940) is an American former basketball player. He was a nationally awarded high school player, national college star at Ohio State University, and 1960 Olympic medal, gold medal Olympian and international player be ...
,
John Havlicek John Joseph Havlicek (often nicknamed Hondo) ( ; April 8, 1940 – April 25, 2019) was an American professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A swingman, Hav ...
, and
Bob Knight Robert Montgomery Knight (October 25, 1940 – November 1, 2023) was an American men's college basketball coach (basketball), coach. Nicknamed "the General", he won 902 NCAA Division I men's basketball games, a record at the time of his retire ...
off the bench. A Buckeye has been named first team
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n 23 times, including five two-time All-Americans and one three-time All-American. Between 1960 and 1964, Ohio State won five consecutive Big Ten championships, an achievement that has yet to be matched. In 2004, Ohio State fired men's basketball coach Jim O'Brien for recruiting violations and self-imposed a one-year penalty, including a ban on post-season play and reduction of scholarships. In light of these University self-imposed penalties, the NCAA Division I Committee on infractions merely placed Ohio State on three years probation for the violations, and gave heavier penalties to Coach O'Brien and a former assistant coach. The lightness of this judgment was seen as encouragement for schools to be proactive in responding to violations. Nevertheless, O'Brien successfully sued Ohio State for improper termination.
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took over O'Brien's spot in 2004. Ohio State recruited such talents as
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, and Mike Conley Jr. to start the 2006–2007 year. The Buckeyes finished the season with a 27–3 record; won the Big Ten tournament, and earned a number 1 seed for the NCAA tournament. After a very close game with state rival Xavier, and a thrilling 20 point come from behind victory against the
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, the Buckeyes managed to hold off
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67–60 to reach the
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for the first time since 1962, which they lost to defending NCAA champions
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, 84–75. Following years saw continued success for the Buckeyes. They won the Big Ten Championship in both the 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 season, and reached the Final Four in 2011–2012 before losing to Kansas. The Buckeyes reached the Elite Eight in 2012–2013, losing to Wichita State. 2013–2014 and 2014–2015 both saw early exits from the NCAA tournament.


Women's basketball

Currently coached by
Kevin McGuff Kevin Patrick McGuff (born December 3, 1969) is an American college basketball coach who is the current head women's basketball coach at Ohio State University after spending two seasons as head coach of the University of Washington. Prior to his ...
, the
Ohio State The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio, it was founded in 1870. It is one of the largest universities by enrollme ...
women's basketball team plays its home games in the
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, which they moved into in 1998. Prior to 1998, they played at St. John Arena. They have won 10
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titles, which is the most in the conference and have 14 appearances in the NCAA tournament, the most recent being in 2016. In 1993 they lost to the Texas Tech Lady Raiders 84–82 for the NCAA championship, while they captured the NIT championship in 2001, beating the
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62–61. Notable alumni include former
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Katie Smith Katie Smith (born June 4, 1974) is an American basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team. She is the former head coach of the New York Liberty. A retired professional baske ...
and
Jessica Davenport Jessica Davenport, born June 24, 1985, is an American basketball player, formerly a reserve center for the WNBA's Indiana Fever. She previously played for The Ohio State University's women's basketball team. High school Davenport played for ...
.


Fencing

Ohio State won its first title in 1942, when the NCAA had only men's fencing. Ohio State won the NCAA championships in fencing in both men's and women's fencing, combined, in 2004, 2008 and 2012. Israeli
Boaz Ellis Boaz Ellis (; born October 15, 1981) is an Israeli foil fencer. He is a 5-time Israeli national champion, and a 3-time NCAA champion. Biography Ellis was born in Tzippori, a moshav in Israel, and is Jewish. He attended Chaklai Nahalal High Sch ...
won the NCAA title in men's foil in 2004, 2005 and 2006 for Ohio State, the first NCAA foil fencer to win three individual NCAA titles since 1963. In April 2022, the
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Committee on Infractions panel, upon the conclusion of an investigation, found that the fencing team's head coach Vladimir Nazlymov had violated NCAA head coach responsibility rules, and was guilty of aggravated level I violations. Further, he violated
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rules, by ignoring several requests that had been made to him to cooperate with the NCAA investigation. The panel found that:
"The head fencing coach violated fundamental, well-known bylaws. Worse, the head fencing coach received relevant education on the exact areas of the violations as they were occurring, but continued to commit the same violations and, in some circumstances, concealed them from compliance staff."
The NCAA said Nazlymov arranged, provided, or directed other coaches to give more than $6,000 in recruiting inducements to three fencers. Two of the prospects also received free meals and free private lessons from Nazylmov, which allowed OSU coaches to observe the fencers, and constituted impermissible tryouts, and received other inducements. It also found that under Nazlymov's direction, in addition 18 student fencers also received impermissible benefits worth over $8,000, resulting in them competing while ineligible. The Ohio State fencing team was placed on four years of probation for NCAA violations committed between 2015 and 2019. In addition, the OSU athletic department was fined, and the OSU fencing program budget was reduced by 3%. The fencing program scholarship program was reduced by 10% for the 2022–23 academic year. Team wins and championships, and individual records for affected fencers, were vacated, including the 2016 and 2017 second-place finishes and a 2018 third-place finish in the NCAAs for the fencing team, and Midwest Fencing Conference championships in 2016, 2017, and 2018.


Football

The Buckeyes are recognized by the university and NCAA as having won nine national championships, including seven from the major wire-service selectors: AP Poll and/or
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. The program has also captured 41 conference championships (2 OAC and 39
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), 10 division championships, and has compiled 10 undefeated seasons, including six perfect seasons (no losses or ties). Seven players have received the
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(second all-time), with the program holding the distinction of having the only two-time winner (
Archie Griffin Archie Mason Griffin (born August 21, 1954) is an American former football running back who played with the Cincinnati Bengals in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons. He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes, wh ...
) of the award. *9× National Champions: 1942, 1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1970, 2002, 2014, 2024 **39× Big Ten Champions: 1916, 1917, 1920, 1935, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1961, 1968–1970, 1972–1977, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2005–2009, 2010 (vacated), 2014, 2017–2020 ***2× Leaders Division champions: 2012, 2013 ***7× East Division champions: 2014–2020 **2× OAC Champions: 1906, 1912


Golf

Ohio State's two golf courses, the Scarlet and the Gray, were completed in 1938. The Scarlet was designed by architect
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, who designed the Masters course at
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. However, his original design was not implemented fully, and the greens were the only part of the course that truly resembled his designs. Golf magazines annually rate the Scarlet Course as one of the top collegiate courses in the nation. The Scarlet recently underwent a $4.2 million renovation under the supervision of Jack Nicklaus. Ohio State has won the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships in 1945 and 1979. Five times, Buckeye men have won the NCAA golf individual championship: John Lorms in 1945,
Tom Nieporte Thomas Nieporte (October 21, 1928 – December 21, 2014) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s. Nieporte grew up in the Cincinnati suburb of North College Hill, Ohio. He attended the Ohio State Univ ...
in 1951, Robert Jones in 1956,
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in 1961 and Clark Burroughs in 1985. They have won 23 Big Ten Conference championships. In 1952, Mary Ann Villega won the women's individual intercollegiate golf championship on her home course (an event conducted by the
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(DGWS)—which later evolved into the current NCAA women's golf championship). Ohio State was host to the first eight women's individual national title tournaments.


Men's gymnastics

The Ohio State gymnastics team has won three national titles and fifteen Big Ten titles, and has produced 5
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winners (The Heisman Trophy of Men's Gymnastics). The team is currently coached by Rustam Sharipov. The Buckeyes have all their competitions at the
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in
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. Some of the more notable Buckeye alumni include Don Perry, the first OSU All-American in the sport (Trampoline – 1954 – 4th place), brothers Seth and Noah Riskin – co-national champions (Parallel Bars – 1985 – 1st place), and Mike Racanelli – Ohio State's first Nissen winner in 1990. Racanelli also went on to win Gymnastic's first ''Ohio State Male Athlete of the Year'' Award that same year, given out annually to the athlete who displays the best performance in his sport (regardless of grade). Following later in Racanelli's footsteps were other Nissen winners
Kip Simons Kip Alexander Simons (born September 11, 1972) is a retired American gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, 1996 Olympics and the 1994 and 1995 World Artisti ...
(1994),
Blaine Wilson Blaine Carew Wilson (born August 3, 1974) is a retired American gymnast who was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team. He is a five-time U.S. national champion (1996-2000), a three-time Olympian (1996, 2000, 2004 ...
(1997) and Jamie Natalie (2001). Blaine Wilson (1995, 1996, 1997) and Jamie Natalie (2000, 2001) also went on to win ''Ohio State Male Athlete of the Year''. Raj Bhavsar was the only other Men's Gymnast to win ''Ohio State Athlete of the Year'' which he accomplished in 2002. On the Olympic and World Championship stage, OSU Men's Gymnastics is well represented, by gymnasts and coaches. The Olympian list includes: Miles Avery (asst coach 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008),
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(Athlete in 1976, Head Coach 1996, 2000), Raj Bhavsar (2004, 2008), Jamie Natalie (2000), Gil Pinto (1988), Kip Simons (1994), Blaine Wilson (1996, 2000, 2004) and Alec Yoder (2020). Two gymnasts who trained at the Ohio State facilities under coach Miles Avery, but were not NCAA Athletes due to eligibility rules, were
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and
Morgan Hamm Morgan Carl Hamm (born September 24, 1982 in Washburn, Wisconsin) is an American retired artistic gymnast and former member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team. He is an Olympic silver medalist in the team competition a ...
– twin brothers from Wisconsin. Paul later went on to win the first ever Olympic gold medal in the Men's Gymnastics All-Around competition for the United States. In 2011, Senior co-captain, Brandon Wynn, won his second national championship on rings. Brandon Wynn, Ty Echard, Kris Done and Jeff Treleaven earned All-America honors. In all, the seven All-America honors tie the second-best single-season performance in program history and are the most laurels since the 2005 campaign.


Ice hockey

The Ohio State men's ice hockey team was established in 1961 and played at the Ohio State Ice Rink until 1999, when they moved into
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. The Buckeyes competed in the
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(CCHA) through the 2012–2013 season. After
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added men's ice hockey as a Division I sport in 2012, the
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had enough teams to sponsor its own hockey conference and began play in the 2013–2014 season. The Buckeyes won one conference championship in 1972, the first year of the CCHA, and won the conference tournament in 1974 and 2004. The Buckeyes have made it to the NCAA tournament in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2009, and went to the semi-finals in 1998. In 2006, they retired Paul Pooley's #22, the only number to be retired by the hockey program to date. The Ohio State women's ice hockey team was started in 1999 and competes in the
Western Collegiate Hockey Association The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) is a college ice hockey conference which operates in the Midwestern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a women's-only conference. From 1951 to 1999, it operated as a me ...
(WCHA). The Buckeyes have three NCAA postseason appearances, 2018, 2020, and 2022. In their first, the Buckeyes made it to the Frozen Four before being beaten by the
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. They received an autobid to the tournament in 2020 after winning the conference tournament for the first time before COVID-19 cancelled the NCAA tournament. In the 2022 Frozen Four, the Buckeyes defeated the
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to advance to their first national championship. In the national championship, the Buckeyes defeated the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs by a score of 3–2 to win their first ever national championship. Notable Buckeye alumni include Olympians
Emma Laaksonen Emma Kristiina Laaksonen Terho (born 17 December 1981) is a Finnish ice hockey executive, retired defenceman and the current Chair of the IOC Athletes' Commission. She previously served as general manager of Kiekko-Espoo Naiset in the Naisten L ...
,
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, and Lisa Chesson.


Lacrosse


Volleyball


Rifle

In June, 2013, Ohio State became a charter member of the
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. It was also announced that the Buckeyes will host the inaugural PRC championship meet on February 8 & 9, 2014. The rifle team has made four team and multiple individual appearances at the
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, with their highest finish being third place in 1991.


Softball

The Buckeye softball team has appeared in one
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in
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. They shared the 1990
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regular season title and won the 2007 season title outright along with the 2007 Big Ten Conference softball tournament.


Artistic swimming

Ohio State artistic swimming has won 32 collegiate team championships between 1977, the first year of the collegiate national championships, and 2019. Head coach Mary Jo Ruggieri led the team to 17 wins between 1977 and 1995, and Linda Lichter-Witter added at least seven more since 1996. Ohio State also has taken at least 61 individual honors in that span, including 11 by Karen and Sarah Josephson. Head Coach Holly Vargo-Brown led the team to their 32nd total championship in 2019, the most of any Ohio State varsity sport.


Tennis

The Men's and Women's Varsity Tennis teams have shown success both individually and as a team. Both the men's and women's teams share the outdoor tennis facility, the Stickney Tennis Center, dedicated in 1993. When the weather takes them indoors, both teams play at the Varsity Tennis Center, which was recently completed in November 2007. The outdoor facility has 12 courts and the indoor has six courts and are both located in
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. Men's Tennis – 23
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Championships – 1915 (co-champions), 1943, 1991, 2001, 2006–2019, 2021–2025
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Men's Tennis Tournament Team Appearances (since 1977) – 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 The Men's tennis team has 23 NCAA Singles Appearances, 11 NCAA Doubles Appearances and eight All-Americans. Women's Tennis – Big Ten Championships – 1974–1979 – Note: The Big Ten officially began sponsoring championships for women with the 1981–82 season. Since then, Ohio State has yet to win a Big Ten Championship. Ohio State recently won their first Big Ten Championship in school history in 2016, after defeating Michigan in the finals. NCAA Women's Tennis Tournament Team Appearances – 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009. The Women have five NCAA Singles Appearances, four NCAA Doubles Appearances and two All-Americans.


Wrestling

Ohio State wrestling was established at the university in 1921. Formerly the coach of
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for 11 years, the current Head Coach of the team is Tom Ryan. He has been coaching Ohio State since the 2006–2007 wrestling season. His coaching ability led the Buckeye Wrestling team to 3 Big Ten titles, an NCAA title in 2015 and 5 NCAA runners-up finishes. The team has a practice facility named The Jennings Center and competes on campus in Covelli Arena. Two-time NCAA wrestling champion Jeffrey Jaggers, or commonly referred to as J Jaggers, made a seamless transition from student-athlete to coach in 2009–10 as the volunteer assistant coach.
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was a former Buckeye wrestler and a 1988 Big Ten Conference Champion & NCAA Champion Wrestler (190 lbs). Coleman a silver medalist in the 1991
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, went on to become the first ever UFC Heavyweight Champion, and is a
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member. In 2015, Ohio State won its first national championship, after coming close in 2008 and 2009. It broke Penn State's streak of four consecutive team titles, but extended the Big Ten's national championship run to nine with the help of 4-time NCAA champion
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. 2015 Ohio State wrestler Kyle Snyder becomes youngest World Champion in United States Wrestling History. On Friday September 11 Kyle won five matches including a dramatic ending in the gold medal round at 97 kg/213 lbs. Trailing 4–3 with less than a minute remaining, Snyder got a takedown against returning World champion Abdusalam Gadisov of Russia and ultimately prevailed by criteria with the score tied at 5–5. "It is amazing hearing the USA chants, especially on a day like today – September 11," said Snyder. "It's important to come out here and represent your country to the best of your ability." Ohio State University Buckeye Wrestling Team Accomplishments include: *Most Wins – 20 (1990, 1992, and 2002) *1st-place finishes in the
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1923, 1951, 2015 (shared with Iowa), 2017, 2018 NCAA Championships: 2015 *Consecutive Wins – 15 (2001 and 2002) *Most Big Ten Wins – 7 (7–1 in 2009–10 and 2008–09); (7–0 in 1991–92) and (7–2 in 1980–81) *Most All-Americans in a Season – 8 (2018) Nathan Tomasello, Luke Pletcher, Joey Mckenna, Micah Jordan, Bo Jordan, Myles Martin, Kollin Moore, Kyle Snyder *Most Freshman All-Americans in a Season – 3 (2012) Hunter Stieber, Logan Stieber and Cam Tessari


Olympians and track

Ohio State has produced over two hundred Olympic athletes, most notably
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who won four Olympic gold medals at the
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and is one of the greatest Olympians in history. In all, 48 Ohio State athletes have combined for a total of 77 Olympic medals which includes 33 gold, 28 silver and 16 bronze medals. Ohio State's track team is coached by Karen Dennis, and hosts home meets at
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. The Buckeyes' track team is also famous for being the first Buckeye team in any sport to win a national title, at the 1929 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
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was the 1948 and 1952 Olympic Gold Medalist in the 800 Meters.


Club sports

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are any sports offered at a university or college in the United States that compete competitively with other universities, or colleges, but are not regulated by the
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(NCAA) or
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(NAIA), and do not have varsity status. In some cases, club sports have
junior varsity A varsity team is the highest-level team in a sport or activity representing an educational institution. Varsity teams train to compete against each other during an athletic season or in periodic matches against rival institutions. At High school, ...
status. Oftentimes, students who play club sports later move on to play the same sport at the varsity level, or vice versa. Collegiate club sports can exist at schools that do have teams that are part of the NCAA or NAIA. Many times, club sports are student-run and receive little financial aid from the school. An estimated 2 million
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compete in club sports. Typically, most sports offered at universities and offered in youth leagues are also available as a collegiate club sport. However, the variety of sports offered is often related to the size of the school. Collegiate club sports offer college athletes the ability to play at a
competitive Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, indi ...
level, but without the time commitment generally required for a sport governed by the NCAA. The tryout procedure for club sports varies from school to school and from sport to sport.


Basketball

Collegiate Club Basketball is associated with the
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, with regional qualifying and a national tournament every year. The head coach of the Ohio State Men's Club Basketball team is Eddie Days, who played for
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from 2009 to 2011. Ohio State Men's Club Basketball has won three
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(2016, 2018, 2019). In 2016, Ohio State defeated
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in the national championship to win their first title. The
Most Valuable Player In team sports, a most valuable player (MVP) award is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particular competition, or ...
of the tournament was Ohio State's Ryan Murray, who played college basketball at
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before transferring to Ohio State. In 2018, Ohio State defeated
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in the national championship and the Most Valuable Player was Ohio State's Nick Moschetti, who played college basketball at
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before transferring to Ohio State. In 2019, Ohio State defeated The University of Houston in the national championship to win back-to-back titles, and their third national championship in four years. The Most Valuable Player of the 2019 Tournament was Ohio State's Evan Grootenhuis. The 2020 Club Basketball season was cut short due to the
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. Ohio State was named league champion for the season, despite a majority of games not being played. No national champion was crowned.


Football

The Ohio State Club Football team, founded in 2009, gives Ohio State students without athletic scholarships the opportunity to play full-contact, 11-on-11 football with largely NCAA rules. Although not affiliated with the NCAA program, multiple former players such as Chris Booker, De'Shawn White, Eli Goins and others have gone on to walk-on to the NCAA team. The Ohio State Club Football program joined the
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in 2012 and has won three NCFA national championships, going back-to-back in 2019 and 2021 (no games played in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic) and winning again in 2024. The Buckeyes are one of just two programs to repeat as national champions (Coppin State 2012-2013) and the only program to boast three national championships. In addition to their three national titles, the Buckeyes have won five conference titles (2019, 2021–2024) and two division titles (2018, 2019) all under current Head Coach, James Grega Jr. Ohio State has also had 109 players named to NCFA All-American teams since its inception, including quarterback Kellyn Gerenstein, who won the league's Offensive MVP award in 2019 and 2022 and the NCFA national championship game MVP Award in 2021. Gerenstein is the only player in NCFA history to win national league MVP honors twice.


Rugby

Founded in 1966, Ohio State's Rugby Football Club plays
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in Division 1-A in the Big Ten Universities conference against traditional Big 10 rivals such as Michigan. The Buckeyes are led by head coach Ron Bowers, who played rugby as a Buckeye, earning All-American honors in 1991. The Buckeyes best performances were in the 1990 and 1991 seasons, when they finished third in the nation in both seasons. More recently, Ohio State has appeared in the
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, a tournament broadcast live on NBC, finishing 7th in
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and 14th in
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. The Buckeyes were led in those two tournaments by
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, who was named to the competition's All Tournament Team in 2010 and 2011, before entering the 2012 NFL draft and signing with the New England Patriots. The Buckeyes finished the 2010–11 season ranked 23rd in the country. Ohio State finished third at the 2012 Big Ten 7s, missing out on qualification to the 2012
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.


Tennis

The Ohio State club tennis team competes in the national
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league and won the
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in 2018, defeating the
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.


Water Polo

Collegiate club water polo operates under the Collegiate Water Polo Association, with the United States split into 18 divisions based partly on geography and partly on conventional conferences across other collegiate sports. The Ohio State's Men's Water Polo club competes in the Big Ten division with other Big Ten teams such as Michigan St and Michigan. The Buckeyes competed in the CWPA National Collegiate Club Championship in 2013 (6th), 2014(5th), 2017(6th) and 2018(7th). The current head coaches of the men's team are Larry and AP.


Championships


NCAA team championships

Ohio State has won 32 NCAA team titles. *Men's (24) **
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(1): 1966 **
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(1): 1960 **
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(1): 1942 **
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(2): 1945, 1979 **
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(3): 1985, 1996, 2001 **
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(1): 1929 **
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(11): 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1962 **
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(3): 2011, 2016, 2017 **
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(1): 2015 *Women's (5) **
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(3): 2013, 2014, 2015 **
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(2): 2022, 2024 *Co-ed (3) **
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(3): 2004, 2008, 2012 *See also: **
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** Big Ten Conference NCAA national team championships


Other national team championships

Below are 60 national team titles that were not bestowed by the NCAA (including sports it has never sponsored): *Men's: **Football (9): 1942, 1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1970, 2002, 2014, 2024 *Women's: **Synchronized swimming (34): 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 **Pistol (8): 2000, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023 *Co-ed: **Pistol (9): 2000, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 *See also: ** List of Big Ten Conference national championships **
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**
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Big Ten regular-season championships


Men's

*Football: 1916, 1917, 1920, 1935, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (vacated), 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 *Basketball: 1925, 1933, 1939, 1944, 1946, 1950, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1971, 1991, 1992, 2000 (vacated), 2002 (vacated), 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012 *Baseball: 1917, 1924, 1943, 1951, 1955, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2016 *Golf: 1928, 1945, 1951, 1954, 1961, 1966, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004 *Hockey: ( CCHA): 1972, 2004 (Big Ten): 2019 *Gymnastics: 1983, 1985, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2016, 2017 *Indoor Track: 1942, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1993, 2018 *Outdoor Track: 1942, 1948, 1992, 1993, 2018, 2022 *Soccer: 2000, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2024 *Swimming: 1938, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 2010 *Tennis: 1915, 1943, 1991, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 *Volleyball ( MIVA): 1969, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023 *Fencing: 1926, 1927, 1949, 1969, 1970, 1977, (MFC): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, (CCFC): 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 *Wrestling: 1923, 1951, 2015, 2017, 2018 *Cross Country: 1923 *Lacrosse: (GWLL) 1986, 1988, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2008 (ECAC) 2014 (Big Ten) 2025 *Rifle: (WIRC) 1948, 1950, 1952, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013


Women's

*Basketball: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1993, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2017 (vacated), 2018 (vacated), 2022, 2024 *Field Hockey: 2001, 2006, 2010 *Golf: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019 *Gymnastics: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 *Rowing: 2002, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022 *Soccer: 2010, 2017 *Softball: 1990, 2007 *Tennis: 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022 *Indoor Track: 2011, 2015, 2019, 2020 *Outdoor Track: 2011, 2012, 2019, 2021, 2022 *Swimming: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025 *Volleyball: 1989, 1991, 1994 *Ice Hockey: (WCHA) 2023, 2024


Media

On April 2, 2009, Ohio State signed a 10-year media-rights agreement with IMG College (now a part of
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) and RadiOhio (former owner of the school's radio network
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WBNS/
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in Columbus, and now a part of
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), worth nearly $128 million, the largest such agreement in college sports.


The Ohio State University Marching Band

The Ohio State University Marching Band (nicknamed "The Best Damn Band In The Land") is currently under direction of Dr. Christopher Hoch. This all brass band has 228 members, and was first formed in 1878. The band has traditions including a field march that forms a "Script Ohio", during which, a senior
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player gets to "dot the i" in the word Ohio.


School colors

The Ohio State school colors of scarlet and gray were chosen by a committee of three students (Curtis C. Howard, Harwood R. Pool, and Alice Townshend) prior to the school's first graduation ceremony in 1878. The committee's original recommendation was to be orange and black. The committee soon discovered that Princeton already used the colors, however, and changed their recommendation. For this reason some references claim that Ohio State's original school colors were orange and black. This claim is not quite accurate, in that the committee never filed the original report with that recommendation.


Pageantry

:Team colors: Scarlet and
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:Outfitter:
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J. America :Fight songs:
Across the Field "(Fight The Team) Across the Field" is the older of two fight songs of Ohio State University, with the newer one being " Buckeye Battle Cry". Although the lyrics reference football heroics and was composed by the football team's varsity manager, Wi ...
,
Buckeye Battle Cry "Buckeye Battle Cry", composed by vaudeville performer and songwriter Frank Crumit, is one of two fight songs of the Ohio State Buckeyes, with the other being "(Fight The Team) Across the Field". Every football game in Ohio Stadium begins with Ra ...
:Often played songs:
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, Le Regiment :Alma mater:
Carmen Ohio "Carmen Ohio" (Latin: Song of Ohio) is the oldest school song still used by The Ohio State University. The song was composed originally as a Christian Hymn in Dutch: "Vaste rots van mijn behiud als de zonde mij benauwed," and in America: "Come, Ch ...
:Nicknames: Buckeyes (officially adopted in 1950Walsh, Christopher (2009). ''Ohio State Football Football Huddleup'', Triumph Books (Random House, Inc.), , p. 120.), The Bucks, The Silver Bullets :Mascot:
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:Rivalries:
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,
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,
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,
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(former) :Marching band:
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, known as TBDBITL, or The Best Damn Band In The Land. Famous for "
Script Ohio Script Ohio is a musical drill performed by the Ohio State University Marching Band during pregame celebrations at Ohio State University American football games. The first instance of a standing script Ohio formation on the field was made by the ...
" and the " Ramp Entrance". The dotting of the "i" in "Script Ohio" by a sousaphone (tuba) player who high-kicks out and does a giant bow to the crowd was voted the #1 greatest sports tradition ever, in
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, and ''
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