Ohio State has agreed to a new multi-year contract with general manager Mark Pantoni, according to Pete Nakos of On3. The deal will reportedly make him one of the highest-paid general managers in college football.
Pantoni is in his 14th season on Ohio State’s staff as general manager, originally hired by Urban Meyer in December of 2011 before being kept on Ryan Day’s staff once he took over in 2019. During that time Pantoni has become known as one of the more effective and successful general managers in the sport, helping the Buckeyes build some of the nation’s top rosters each year through both recruiting and the transfer portal.
He most notably helped build both Ohio State’s 2014 and 2024 national championship-winning rosters, navigating the new NIL landscape in college football this past offseason by bringing in key transfers such as Caleb Downs, Will Howard and Quinshon Judkins.
“I have to recognize Mark Pantoni and the work he does,” Day previously said of Pantoni. “He’s really adapted. His job has changed so much in the past couple of years. He’s killing it right now..”
Pantoni, who also helped Florida win two national titles in 2006 and 2008 while on Meyer’s staff, will now look to win the fifth national championship of his career in his 15th season with the Buckeyes and seventh with Day at the helm.
