College Athletics In Ohio ... And Not Just The Buckeyes.

Ohio State football rules supreme in Ohio. We all know that. But other schools have enjoyed amateur success.

The University of Cincinnati won the 1961 and 1962 NCAA Division I men's basketball National Championship in both 1961 and 1962 - defeating The Ohio State University both times. The Bearcats were led by Oscar Robertson who later played professionally in Ohio for the Cincinnati Royals.
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The Cradle of Coaches: Miami University has an incredible resume of football coaches that either went to - or at one point coached at - the school in Oxford, Ohio. Both Paul Brown (see above) and Bo Schembechler (a name synonymous with the Devil ... and Michigan Wolverine football) graduated from Miami. Woody Hayes (a name synonymous with Ohio State football) was the coach of the then-Redskins (now Redhawks) from 1949-50 before taking over in Columbus. Current Buckeye head coach Jim Tressel was an assistant there in the late 1970s.

Super Bowl winning head coaches like Weeb Ewbank and Sean Payton spent time in Oxford, as did NFL Hall of Famer Sid Gillman who was a head coach at Miami and the University of Cincinnati before going to the pro game. John Harbaugh, currently head coach of the Baltimore Ravens, is also a member of 'The Cradle'.

College football coaches Ara Pareseghian, Ron Zook, Randy Walker and Garry Moeller, among others, also are members of the fraternity.
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Just last week, Kenyon College had their run of 31 consecutive NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships end ... and they still finished as the runner-up. To win 31 straight games is hard, but to win the national championship 31 straight times? Unthinkable.