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Bob Todd (Retired after 2010 season)

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Sitting around in my underwear....
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."
 
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.
 
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Not me. I agree with you 100%. Just wanted to point out that despite the unfair disadvantage, Todd does very well.

How long has he been at OSU? I think we had a guy named King when I was in school. Of course, that was around the Grant Administration...

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Nation: With the "season" starting in Feb (and some Jan) southern teams can play/practice outdoors for real. Then they host a bevy of games.

OSU started the season last year with a 10+ game road trip. It is cold in Columbus in Feb :lol:

If they started in March, things would be more even, don't you agree?
 
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10 Questions with Bob Todd

From the Official Site

Ten Questions With Bob Todd

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Head coach Bob Todd



Aug. 31, 2005
When you first started at Ohio State in 1988, what were your goals for the program, and did you even think you could have the type of success that you have had?
"I wanted to become one of the better programs in the Big Ten; not only be competitive in the Big Ten but be competitive at the national level. I have never done anything I thought I was going to fail at. Everything I do, I try to be successful at."
What were you the most impressed with when you arrived at Ohio State?
"The biggest thing I was impressed with was the passion and the loyalty of the Ohio State family. In talking to alums and the fans that follow Ohio State athletics, it was very obvious they were passionate just by their actions."
Most college baseball fans in the north agree that the season should be pushed back, and have a uniform starting date. Do you see this becoming reality anytime soon?
"In the very near future I think you are going to see a national start date to the season. It might not be exactly what baseball people in the North desire, but it is a small step in a positive direction toward addressing the competitive equity issue."
If the season was moved back, do you think it would be easier to recruit elite athletes to Ohio State and other northern schools?
"To be honest, Ohio State is a type of school that is able to recruit elite athletes. If the season were to be moved back, you might have more high school students from the warm climates wanting to come to Ohio State because it is such a great school."
How do you feel having a state-of-the-art facility like Bill Davis Stadium has helped your recruiting?
"Having a facility like Bill Davis Stadium is a tangible presence. It shows the school has made a commitment to the sport. Baseball student-athletes are no different than any other student-athlete. They want to play in the best facilities and play in a great environment. Clearly, we have one of the Top 15 facilities in the country."



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Do you ever wish college baseball had the same rule as college football, and players had to be out of high school three years before they could turn pro? How would that change the game and how you recruit?
"If the quality baseball player coming out of high school has indicated to us that he wants to sign a pro contract out of high school and miss the college experience, we generally do not recruit them. The Big Ten is the only conference in the country that will not allow its coaches to go over our equivalency of scholarships in the recruiting process. Other conferences have the ability to over-extend and then be at the allowable 11.7 scholarships on the first day of classes."
How do you see the landscape of college baseball changing with television networks like CSTV and ESPNU now covering more games?
"It has given more exposure to the sport. It is creating a bigger fan base and as more and more people see what a great product college baseball is, the bigger the fan base is going to be and the more support you are going to procure."
What one person had the biggest impact on your coaching career and why?
"So many people have had an influence, but probably the greatest influence was my dad. He was a former coach himself. He had great integrity and he really had a very conservative, down-to-earth philosophy about life."
What is the best part about coaching Ohio State baseball?
Working with the young people and watching them mature and grow as a person. Not only watching them develop as a baseball player, but teaching them life lessons off the field is what I hope has a positive affect on them for the rest of their life."
What is your all-time favorite coaching memory at Ohio State?
"I have had so many of them. I still remember our first Big Ten championship. I remember the team of 1994 that was ranked as high as third in the country that had outstanding talent. I remember the games when we were one and two games from getting to Omaha for the College World Series. I remember playing three games in one day, coming from behind in every game to win a Big Ten tournament championship. Ohio State baseball has had a lot of them that have been very fond memories for me."


Go Buckeyes! Beat Texas!

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Bob Todd Radio Show back on 1460 The Fan

From the Official Site

2007 Bob Todd Radio Show Returns to 1460 The Fan


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The Bob Todd weekly radio
show is your chance to talk
Ohio State Baseball with the
skipper.


Feb. 20, 2007
Tune in to WBNS-AM 1460 The Fan this spring for coach Bob Todd's weekly radio show, hosted by Skip Mosic. The show will run for 10 weeks beginning Monday, March 19 with the final program broadcast on Tuesday, May 22. The nights of the show will vary this year because of station conflicts with broadcasts of either Columbus Blue Jackets hockey or Cleveland Indians baseball. Four shows will be broadcast each on Monday and Tuesday with two shows on Thursday. The 30-minute show will begin at 8 p.m. the first week before moving to 7 p.m. the final nine weeks of the show.
Bob Todd Radio Show Schedule Monday, March 19 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 27 7 p.m. Monday, April 27 p.m. Thursday, April 12 7 p.m. Thursday, April 19 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 24 7 p.m. Monday, April 30 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 8 7 p.m. Monday, May 14 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 22 7 p.m.
Schedule Subject to change
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