PG Andrew Dakich (2018 B1G Sportsmanship Award, Illinois St. Assistant Coach)

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GOODBYE, GOOD DAKICH. After three years with the Buckeyes, one of our favorite turncoats is moving on.

After two seasons as a member of the Ohio State coaching staff under Chris Holtmann, Dakich is taking a job as the director of basketball operations at Elon University, The Dispatch has learned. An official announcement is expected as soon as Tuesday, pending final approval from human resources at Elon.

The move will reunite Dakich with one of his former coaches. He will work at Elon for Mike Schrage, a longtime member of Holtmann’s coaching staff who was an assistant at Ohio State for two seasons before taking the head coaching position for the Phoenix for the 2019-20 season. Prior to taking the Elon job, Schrage was an assistant for Holtmann at Butler from 2016-17 and then with the Buckeyes from 2017-19.

"We are really happy for Dak," Holtmann told The Dispatch in a statement. "This is the next step in Andrew's coaching career. He has a very bright future in our business. Andrew has a really good feel for the game and how teams work, as we all saw during his playing season as a Buckeye.

"He's working for an excellent coach and person in Mike Schrage. Looking forward to following their success at Elon."

It's still unbelievable to me that he played meaningful minutes for an Ohio State team that finished third in the Big Ten, but I'm eternally grateful because if he didn't, Chris Holtmann's actual plan was to sign some kids from a local summer rec league.

Godspeed, Dakich.