Tag: Mark Pantoni

Ohio State football reportedly finds its new Director of Player Personnel

Votteler will be a big help to Ohio State’s recruiting efforts #GoBucks

When former [autotag]Ohio State[/autotag] Director of Player Personnel [autotag]Zach Grant[/autotag] left in December, everyone figured that head coach [autotag]Ryan Day[/autotag] would make a quick hire.

Although it took a few months to find Grant’s replacement, Day has indeed found it according to multiple reports. It comes by way of [autotag]Marc Votteler[/autotag]. The Buckeyes are apparently set to hire away Marshall’s general manager, and before you question the move, Votteler had previous stops as the Assistant Director of PlayerPpersonnel at Alabama, UCF, and Tennessee.

In other words, the experience is there, and now [autotag]Mark Pantoni[/autotag], the Assistant Athletic Director of Player Personnel, has found his next helper. (Insert joke from The Office about being an assistant to the assistant.)

Votteler will now help Pantoni in the recruiting department, one where Ohio State has been extremely successful.

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Survey: Notre Dame recruiting director among top personnel people

The Irish have someone special attracting recruits.

With college football on the cusp of bowl season, it’s time to look at areas of the sport not always thought of by the average fan. One outlet doing that is The Athletic, which polled over 30 recruiting staffers from across the country to figure who the best of the best are in that area. The results, which subscribers can view here, declared the winner to be Mark Pantoni, the director of player personnel at Ohio State.

However, Notre Dame also cracked the list thanks to recruiting director Aaryn Kearney. He has held the position since 2016 and remained consistent over that time. More specifically, the Irish never have had a recruiting class rank outside the top 20. One recruiter summed it up well:

“They’ve done an incredible job there, and considering the pool of players they are limited to, and the fact that they have to be spread out nationally, it’s no small feat that they continually sign top classes.”

Congratulations to Aaryn for being recognized by his peers.