Mark Pantoni (Assistant Athletic Director, Player Personnel)

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Director of player personnel

While not an assistant coach, Urban rolled with a recruiting right-hand man at Florida by the name of Mark Pantoni. By all accounts, Pantoni is a walking recruiting database and earned Meyer's trust by matching his work ethic. Pantoni has already updated his Facebook page to the job title noted above and has spoken with many current UF recruits to inform them of his decision to work for Meyer.

From everything we've read and heard, he does an outstanding job of building rapport with the kids as he works to win their services for his school. By all accounts, this is a huge get for Meyer and the Buckeyes as elite recruiting coordinators can obviously be a sometimes underappreciated backbone of a program.

 

[Oh8ch]

Not if you look at the recruiting rankings.

And not if you look at the 2006 NC game.

 

[Dryden]

And not if you look at the 2006 NC game.

I don't watch snuff films.

 

[TooTall]

NevadaBuck

he is the straw that stirs the drink....

 

[OsUPhAn]

He is also the man most HS coaches will deal with and also the guy who will 'load the board' with prospects. Mark will be the guy who knows about the 14-year old kid in BFE who is running a 4.4...

He is as intense about recruiting as Coach Meyer.

So he is the younger, better looking, salaried version of the BPRT!

 

[Buckskin86]

Pantoni Already Having Big Impact at Ohio State
By Brandon Castel

COLUMBUS, Ohio ? Typically guys who are hired as a school?s director of football administration don?t get much publicity, even at a place like Ohio State.

Mark Pantoni is anything but typical.

He has been called the ?master mind,? the brainpower behind much of Meyer?s recruiting dominance at Florida and he has already made an significant impact in a short period of time since joining Meyer?s new staff at Ohio State.

?He?s basically, you would almost call the head coach?s ?right hand man,?? said Tom Loy, who covers recruiting and high school sports in the Sunshine State for FlaVarsity.com.

?Especially with how close he is with Urban Meyer. He was the easy front-runner to take over at Ohio State.?

cont...

http://www.the-ozone.net/football/2011/MeyerHire/pantoni_Impact.html

 

[Piney]

FYI, Mark Pantoni started posting again on his twitter account last night for those that want to follow...

@markpantoni

Who are the best Tweeters on the football team? Need the Ohio State fans to send me their Twitter names

 

[Muck]

Who are the best Tweeters on the football team? Need the Ohio State fans to send me their Twitter name.

Lendak

 

[Buckeye86]

I have a feeling the "best" tweeters may start getting some feedback on their tweets.

 

[TheStoicPaisano]

Didn't Coach Tressel have a person in a similar role? Is he just being cut loose? Our recruiting prior to Panoni was almost as good as Florida's, if not better.

Greg Gillum and Joe Daniels (after Siciliano took over QB coaching in 2006) were the two that headed this up. Gillum has been at OSU >5 years if I remember correctly.

Always interesting to see how different schools treat the ops. director positions. Meyer obviously likes a younger guy (no Sandusky) as his consigliere, as it were.

 

[MightbeaBuck]

Greg Gillum and Joe Daniels (after Siciliano took over QB coaching in 2006) were the two that headed this up. Gillum has been at OSU >5 years if I remember correctly.

Are they, Gillum & Daniels, staying? I hope so!
...and if so, will they be in a similar role?

and if not, with the recruits they have brought in over the last 5 years, then...
a.) Meyer is being a bit silly, and
b.) they ought to be able to find jobs pretty quickly with tOSU's competitors.

 

[sparcboxbuck]

Are they, Gillum & Daniels, staying? I hope so!
...and if so, will they be in a similar role?

and if not, with the recruits they have brought in over the last 5 years, then...
a.) Meyer is being a bit silly, and
b.) they ought to be able to find jobs pretty quickly with tOSU's competitors.

Fairly confident that Coach Daniels will only be on staff in spirit.

RIP Coach.

 

[Coqui]

I have a feeling the "best" tweeters may start getting some feedback on their tweets.

He's got to make himself known to the most vocal, I can see it helping with recruiting as well.

 

[jwinslow]

I have a feeling the "best" tweeters may start getting some feedback on their tweets.

Mark Pantoni
watch his Otis freestyle on Youtube. Its a life changing experience

I'm the only person who thinks Bieber is the next Eminem

 

[Coqui]

STONEYeleven you should be getting that beauty sleep