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Gene Smith reflects on similarities between hirings of Ryan Day, Jake Diebler

IMG_7408by:Andy Backstrom•05/08/24•

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Jake Diebler by Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK
Ohio State head coach Jake Diebler walks onto the Schottenstein Center court before a first-round NIT game against Cornell. (Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK)

A bit more than five years after Ohio State promoted Ryan Day to head football coach, it promoted Jake Diebler to head men's basketball coach.