Top college basketball coach arrested in alleged drunk driving incident after 'hitting curbs and driving onto someone's lawn'

Daily Mail​

13-05-2025

Ohio State women's basketball coach Kevin McGuff was arrested last week on a suspected drunk-driving incident.
McGuff was found with his Toyota Sequoia parked in the front yard of his home 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 notified authorities around 8:00pm of a Sequoia driving recklessly, hitting multiple curbs, and then driving partially through a yard.
The report states that McGuff took over two minutes to roll down the window on the driver's side door.
He denied being under the influence. However, as seen on body camera footage, McGuff had trouble with multiple field sobriety tests and had to be instructed on those tests repeatedly.
When asked to recite the alphabet from D to R without singing, McGuff said 'D' but could not continue. When asked to count backwards from 63, he wasn't unable to complete that test.
After McGuff got out of the vehicle, he had trouble with a field test where he was asked to stand on one leg.
McGuff refused a breathalyzer test, which led to the seizure of his driver's license.
On Tuesday, McGuff did not appear in Dublin Mayor's Court for a hearing regarding his license suspension, according to the Dispatch. However, McGuff's lawyer, Rick Piatt, entered a plea of not guilty on his client's behalf.
Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Charles Schneider also granted a request for a stay of the suspension of McGuff's driver's license, allowing the coach to re-gain his driving ability.
DailyMail.com has contacted McGuff's attorney for comment.
McGuff is currently on a four-year contract with the Buckeyes. He agreed to a base salary of $675,000 per season and annual compensation of $1.05million.
Per the Ohio State SB Nation blog Land-Grant Holy Land, McGuff's contract includes a list of possible actions that the university could take to fire him for cause.
Among these include: 'A violation by Coach of any University Rules or violation by Coach of any law of the State of Ohio or the United States including but not limited to, Ohio's ethics laws, as determined by Ohio State.'
In a statement to the Dispatch, Maria Slovikovski - Ohio State athletic department's associate director for communications - said, 'This is an ongoing, personal legal matter, and the department will share additional information at the appropriate time.'
McGuff has been the head coach of the Buckeyes' women's basketball team since 2013 - having previously led the teams at Xavier and Washington. He was also an assistant coach under Muffet McGraw when Notre Dame won the 2001 national title.
In his 13 seasons in charge in Columbus, McGuff has won four Big Ten regular season championships - including last season - and won the Big Ten Tournament title in 2018.
McGuff has led the Buckeyes to the NCAA Tournament eight times - with four Sweet 16 berths and an Elite Eight appearance back in 2023.
He holds a coaching record of 479-208 overall and a record of 224-109 at Ohio State.