Senior associate AD Gates will be leaving Ohio State
Ohio State senior associate athletic director Jocelyn Gates, who oversees the football program, is leaving the school.
She will be succeeded by Carey Hoyt, OSU'S senior associate athletic director for sport administration and student-athlete development. Hoyt is also instrumental in OSU'S name, image and likeness work.
Gates was hired from Boston College last June and is married to Dennis Gates, who was named the head men's basketball coach at Missouri in March after three years at Cleveland State. They have three children.
"It was extremely hard leaving because I have not been here long," Gates told The Dispatch. "I'm so loyal, but (OSU athletic director) Gene Smith and (senior deputy AD) Janine Oman are some of the most supportive people in this entire business and they have just been by my side helping me through this decision. There were tears for me because I don't want to go. But now there is relief that my kids are going to be under the same roof as my husband."
Gates also oversaw OSU rifle and pistol programs as well as track and cross country. She will leave OSU at the end of May. According to reports, Gates will join turnkeyzrg, a search firm, but she would not confirm that.
Gates was previously at South Florida and Duke, as well as a postgraduate intern for the NCAA.
In 2020, she was honored as the NCAA Division I FBS Nike Administrator of the Year.
Bill Rabinowitz covers Ohio State football for The Columbus Dispatch. Contact him at brabinowitz@dispatch.com or on Twitter @brdispatch.