Ohio State women’s basketball coach Kevin McGuff was arrested last week for a drunken driving incident.
McGuff was found with his Toyota Sequoia parked in the courtyard before his house in Dublin, Ohio on May 6, according to a police report obtained by the Columbus Dispatch.
Police were called to the scene after another driver informed the authorities around 8:00 p.m. a sequoia recklessly leading, hitting several borders, then partially driving in a courtyard.
The report indicates that McGuff has taken more than two minutes to roll in the door window on the driver’s side.
He denied being under influence. However, as we can see in the images of the body camera, McGuff had problems with several sobriety tests on the ground and had to be educated on these tests several times.
When asked to recite the alphabet from D to R without singing, McGuff said “D” but could not continue. When asked to count back from 63, he could not finish this test.
Ohio State women’s basketball coach Kevin McGuff was accused of Dui last week
McGuff was found partially parked on his lawn and had a hard time opening his door when asked him
Police reports also indicate that McGuff has had problems with sobriety tests on the ground, needing to be educated several times. His refusal of a blood pressure led to the suspension of his driving license.
After McGuff got out of the vehicle, he had problems with a field test where he was asked to stand on a leg.
McGuff refused a blood test, which led to the entry of his driving license.
On Tuesday, McGuff did not appear before the court of the mayor of Dublin for a hearing concerning his license suspension, according to the Dispatch. However, McGuff’s lawyer Rick Piatt pleaded not guilty on behalf of his client.
Franklin County County Judge Charles Schneider has also granted the suspension of suspension of the McGuff driving license, allowing the coach to restart his driving capacity.
Dailymail.com contacted McGuff’s lawyer to comment.
McGuff is currently on a four -year contract with Buckeyes. He accepted a base salary of $ 675,000 per season and an annual compensation of $ 1.05 million.
According to the blog SB Ohio State SB Nation Land-Grant, the Holy Terre, McGuff’s contract includes a list of possible actions that the University could take to dismiss it.
Among these, in particular: “a violation of the coach of any rule of the university or violation by the coach of any law of the State of Ohio or the United States, including, but without limiting themselves, the laws on the ethics of Ohio, as determined by Ohio State”.
McGuff won four Big Ten titles from the regular season and the Big Ten tournament in its mandate
McGuff also took Ohio State at eight NCAA tournaments, four Sweet 16 and one elite 8
In a declaration at La Dépêche, Maria Slovikovski – Deputy Associate Director of Communications of the Ohio State Sports Department – said: “It is a personal legal case in progress, and the ministry will share additional information at the appropriate time.”
McGuff has been the head coach of the Buckeyes Women’s Basketball team since 2013-after managing Xavier and Washington teams. He was also assistant coach under MUFFET MCGRAW when Notre Dame won the 2001 national title.
During his 13 seasons in charge in Columbus, McGuff won four championships in the regular season of the Big Ten – of which last season – and won the title of the Big Ten tournament in 2018.
McGuff led the Buckeyes to the NCAA Tournament Eight times – with four sweet 16 places and an Elite Eight appearance in 2023.
He has a 479-208 coach record in total and a 224-109 record at the Ohio State.
