Ohio University fired head football coach Brian Smith over alleged affair with student, and alcohol violations

After weeks of questions arsenic to wherefore Ohio Bobcats shot manager Brian Smith was placed connected administrative leave, the schoolhouse has cited an extramarital matter arsenic 1 of the reasons wherefore helium was officially terminated arsenic caput manager with cause.

On December 1, the schoolhouse placed Smith connected leave, aft the diversion manager came into a gathering the manager was having with assistants and told him helium had to spell home. On Nov. 24, schoolhouse officials met with Brian Smith to sermon an allegation that helium had knowingly violated assemblage argumentation by having intoxicant successful his office. 

According to a filing obtained by The Athletic, Smith said that helium would person celebratory drinks with assistants aft wins, which is wherefore determination was intoxicant wrong the shot building. 

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Brian Smith of the Ohio Bobcats during the crippled against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights connected Aug. 28, 2025 astatine SHI Stadium successful Piscataway, New Jersey. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)

Now, this mightiness not look similar that large of a woody to most, but schoolhouse officials did not consciousness the aforesaid way. Ohio diversion manager Slade Larscheid presented a ceremonial ailment to Brian Smith connected Nov. 25, which outlined that immoderate further breaking of the rules would effect successful his termination.

He had been connected permission since the archetypal time of December. Now, further details person been released.

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On Dec. 12, Ohio president Lori Gonzalez sent a missive to Brian Smith, on with his lawyer, detailing the reasoning for his firing. In the letter, which was archetypal reported by Front Office Sports and confirmed by OutKick, Gonzalez elaborate wherefore Smith was being fired ‘for cause’.

Head manager Brian Smith of the Ohio Bobcats arrives astatine Ohio Stadium anterior to the crippled against the Ohio State Buckeyes connected Sept. 13, 2025 successful Columbus, Ohio. (Jason Mowry/Getty Images)

It is alleged that Brian Smith's "participation successful extramural affairs, including 1 with an undergraduate student, to which you person admitted" was 1 of the reasons wherefore the erstwhile caput manager was fired. 

Also, the erstwhile Ohio manager was said to person repeatedly utilized intoxicant successful his office, portion besides making a nationalist quality wherever helium smelled of alcohol, on with being "intoxicated successful your demeanor." 

In his defense, Smith's lawyer said that the erstwhile manager was not hiding his relationship, which helium says started aft the manager and his woman had already started the process for divorce. Also, the lawyer did not contradict that the erstwhile caput manager was progressive successful a narration with a student. 

The 45-year-old had conscionable completed his archetypal play arsenic Ohio's caput coach, wherever helium led the Bobcats to an 8-4 record, with a vessel crippled against UNLV coming up connected Dec. 23. 

Brian Smith of the Ohio Bobcats during the crippled against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights connected Aug 28, 2025 astatine SHI Stadium successful Piscataway, New Jersey.  (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)

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Given that the lawyer for Brian Smith is alleging that the schoolhouse knew astir the extramarital affair, I would expect the combat to proceed implicit his reputation, on with wealth owed to him per his contract. 

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