June 20, 2026

Chris Holtmann will rejoin Ohio State on Thursday in advance of Wisconsin game

He hasn’t yet physically been back with his team, but Ohio State’s Chris Holtmann will reunite with the Buckeyes on Thursday at Wisconsin and coach that night’s game. It marks a return to normalcy and caps an unusual week that saw Holtmann and assistant coach Ryan Pedon miss Sunday’s home win against Northwestern after testing positive for COVID-19 one day prior to the game. “I’ll be able to return to the team (Thursday) morning,” Holtmann said during a virtual press conference Wednesday afternoon. Buckeyes basketball: Proud dad Keith Diebler watches son Jake fill in as Ohio State basketball head coach The Buckeyes will play at the Kohl Center later that day in a 7 p.m. Eastern game. It will be one week removed from Holtmann’s last game, a Jan. 6 loss at Indiana. The following day, Holtmann said he started to show some COVID-19 symptoms and took a test after…

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