An early June head coach firing that was deemed to be “ill-timed” by many has resulted in Ohio State landing one of the brightest coaching stars in college basketball. According to multiple reports, OSU is set to announce that Chris Holtmann will be leaving Butler to take over the Buckeye program in 2017-18. He’s receiving an eight-year deal that will pay him $3 million per season, per ESPN’s Jeff Goodman. Holtmann spent three seasons as the head coach at Gardner-Webb before leaving to join Brandon Miller’s staff at Butler in the summer of 2013. A little over a year later, after Miller was forced to take a leave of absence for a health issue, Holtmann found himself as the Bulldogs’ interim head coach. He would make sure the job remained his by winning 23 games and advancing to the third round of the NCAA tournament. Holtmann led Butler to 22…
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