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, chief operating officer of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers since 2008

• 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)

• Todd Toriscelli, BSH '84, has served as head athletic trainer or program director at Stanford University, the University of Miami (in Florida), Kansas State and Purdue and for the last 12 years has been head athletic trainer for the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers

• 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, Arizona Cardinals
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