Bob Todd (official thread)

sears3820 · #1 (**permalink**) 08-30-2004, 02:00 PM

Here is the release from OSU:

Ohio State head baseball coach Bob Todd has received a
five-year contract extension that will carry him through the 2009 season,
Tom Hof, the Ohio State associate athletics director who oversees the
baseball program, announced Monday.

"We are excited to announce Bob Todd will remain at the helm of our baseball
program," Hof said. "He is a proven winner and leader and his team continues
to be recognized nationally as one of the premier programs on and off the
field."

Todd, who began coaching the Buckeyes in 1988, has guided the Buckeyes to
seven first-place finishes in the Big Ten and six Big Ten tournament titles
in his 17 years in Columbus. The first four-time Big Ten coach of the year
is the winningest coach in Ohio State history and boasts a 686-344-2 record
(.666 winning percentage) and is 810-426-2 after his 21st season as a
college coach, which includes a 124-84 record in four seasons at Kent State
(1984-1987).

One of just two coaches to win 300 Big Ten games, Todd has guided the
Buckeyes to the NCAA tournament 10 times, including in 1999 and 2003, when
Ohio State won regional championships and advanced to super regional play.
Fifteen of Todd's OSU players have earned All-America recognition, seven
have won Academic All-America honors, 47 have been chosen First Team All-Big
Ten and 62 have signed professional baseball contracts. Todd is a four-time
nominee for national coach of the year and has twice served as an assistant
coach for USA Baseball.

"Ohio State is a great institution and I am very happy to be a part of the
family," Todd, who was the first coach in Big Ten history to be named
conference coach of the year, said. "I am glad (OSU athletics director) Andy
Geiger has recognized the success we have had with the baseball program. He
has supported Ohio State baseball and has been supportive of me and I
appreciate that very much."

BuckeyeNation27 · #2 (**permalink**) 08-30-2004, 02:11 PM

now theres a name you can hang your hat on.....bob todd.

JCOSU86 · #3 (**permalink**) 08-30-2004, 04:26 PM

He is one of the best in the game today, IMHO. Glad the Bucks locked him up.

Bucklion · #4 (**permalink**) 08-30-2004, 04:34 PM

Perhaps the most underappreciated man on campus, but he really is top-notch and a good guy to boot (never met him, but I know someone who knows him pretty well). Glad they are rewarding him and maintaining stability...he's our big chance to try and compete with thr southern schools.

jimotis4heisman · #5 (**permalink**) 08-30-2004, 04:36 PM

what are the terms?? $ amount and bonuses and stuff

coastalbuck · #6 (**permalink**) 08-30-2004, 06:44 PM

Unless the NCAA changes a number of rules. It will be very difficult to ever compete with the schools in the south.

JCOSU86 · #7 (**permalink**) 08-31-2004, 04:15 PM

Without a rule change, you are 100% right Coastal.

We do pretty well, given the circumstances, however.

coastalbuck · #8 (**permalink**) 08-31-2004, 06:21 PM

I agree JC. It's a tough job and he has done well, very well. The extension was very much deserved. I wasn't trying to demean him in any way. I hope no one took it that way.