Pro/college coach; professional player; Olympian; world-record holder; top pro-sports executive

• John W. Galbreath, AB ’20 and HON ’61, owner, Pittsburgh Pirates
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• Kermit A. Blosser, BSED ’32, EMER ’76, longtime OU coach and charter inductee in the NCAA Golf Coaches Hall of Fame (1980)


• Lenard Sadosky, AB ’33, played pro football for the Cleveland Rams (1935–36)


• Frank C. Baumholtz, BSED ’41, first person to play two professional sports simultaneously — baseball and basketball, in 1946–47 — and the only Bobcat to have his jersey number retired
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• Bob Wren, BSED ’43 and EMER ’82, 24-year coach of Ohio University baseball who saw more than 50 of his players go on to the pros; 12th on the NCAA’s career winning percentage list (.724)


• Bill Benson, BSCO ’47, world record holder for fastest mile by an 82-year-old


• Dow Finsterwald, AB ’52, winner of 1958 PGA tournament (beating out Arnold Palmer)
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• Vince Costello, BSED ’53, MED ’60, Cleveland Browns great
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• Lester (Les) N. Carney, BSCO ’59, 1960 Olympic silver medallist, 200-meter dash


• Glenn C. Randall, BSED ’59, helped found the Special Olympics; coach,1964 Pakistani Olympic track team


• Michael H. Schuler, BSED ’62, former head coach, Los Angeles Clippers and Portland Trailblazers; 1986 NBA Coach of the Year


• Andy Dolich, MED ’71, COO if the San Francisco 49ers


• Mike Schmidt, BBA ’72, Philadelphia Phillies Hall of Famer, World Series MVP, two-time National League MVP with 10 Golden Gloves and six Silver Slugger Awards
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• Anita Corl Miller-Huntsman, BSED ’73, member of 1984 Olympic bronze medal-winning field hockey team


• John Swofford, MED ’73, commissioner, Atlantic Coast Conference
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• Richard “Rick” P. Dowswell, BSED ’74, 1972 Canadian Olympian in track and field


• Joe Bick, MED ’75, agent for baseball’s Mike Bordick (Baltimore Orioles), Paul O’Neill (New York Yankees), and Pete Rose Jr. (Cincinnati Reds)


• Dean Taylor, MED ’75, vice president of Baseball Operations/Assistant GM of the Kansas City Royals; formerly senior VP and general manager of the Milwaukee Brewers


• Dave Tobik, BBA ’76, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners


• Jeremy Foley, MED ’76, athletic director at University of Florida


• Bob Brenly, BSED ’77, Arizona Diamondbacks team manager; former player, San Francisco Giants and Toronto Blue Jays
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• Steven M. Newman, BSJ ’77, “worldwalker” who completed a four-year walk covering more than 22,500 miles in 20 countries and five continents
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• Dan O’Brien, MED ’77, special advisor to the general manager (formerly the general manager of the Cincinnati Reds)


• John McCutcheon, MED '78, athletic director at the University of Massachusetts


• Mike Owens, '78, executive VP and COO at Gander Mountain


• Robin Braig, MSA ’80, president, Daytona International Speedway


• Mike Hamrick, MED ’81, athletic director at Marshall University


• Pat O’Connor, MSA '81, president and CEO of Minor League Baseball


• Mitch Barnhart, MSA ’82, athletic director at the University of Kentucky


• Mike Bohn, MSA ’84, athletic director at the University of Colorado


• Dr. Jon Steinbrecher, MSA ’84, Commissioner of the Mid-American Conference (MAC)


• Ty Votaw, BSJ ’84, commissioner, Ladies Professional Golf Association


• Elliott Hill, MSA ’88, global vice president at NIKE Retail, NIKE, Inc.


• Joe Potter, MSA ’89, chief operating officer, ISP Sports, sports marketing firm that represents Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Villanova, Wake Forest and Ohio University


• Michael Yormark, MSA ’89, president and COO of the Florida Panthers


• David Jamerson, BSJ ’90, former Houston Rockets guard


• Nobushisa “Nobbie” Ito, MSA ’91, director, International Baseball Operations, Nippon Professional Baseball


• Derrick Hall, MSA ’93, president and CEO of the Arizona Diamondbacks


• Bo Pelini, MSA ’93, head football coach at the University of Nebraska


• David M. Zastudil, BBA ’02, punter, Baltimore Ravens
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