Smith plans to utilize those Ohio State connections at Maryland. In a release announcing his hire, the school said he plans to hire recently retired Ohio State AD Gene Smith as a consultant.

The University of Maryland is going pro. James E. Smith, a top Atlanta Braves executive for five years, is taking the reins of the Terps' athletic program, with his sights set on building Big Ten ...

Jim Smith has been named the next athletic director at Maryland, the school announced Thursday morning, bringing to College Park a longtime executive in both the professional and college sports ranks ...

Smith plans to lean on guidance from his former colleague and mentor, legendary Ohio State AD Gene Smith, as he settles into the role. The national search for Maryland’s new AD was led by Vice ...

You can't do that.' And I said, ‘I'm really busy. We're doing it." Meyer added the Buckeyes' Athletic Director, Gene Smith, had to get involved after Meyer retaliated against the school's ...

“Intercollegiate athletics is undergoing rapid change. The AD position is evolving as well,” Gene Smith said in a statement provided to Maryland. “Jim Smith's experiences on campus and ...