A few of the many outstanding sports figures who were student athletes at Ohio State include Jesse Owens, "The Buckeye Bullet" (track and field), John Havlicek, Jerry Lucas, and Katie Smith (basketball), Frank Howard (baseball), Jack Nicklaus (golf), Archie Griffin (football running back, the only two-time Heisman Trophy winner), and Chic Harley (three-time All-American football running back).

Hall of Fame coaches at Ohio State have included Paul Brown and Woody Hayes (football), Fred Taylor (men's basketball).

The team is currently coached by Greg Beals and play their home games at Bill Davis Stadium, which opened in 1997.

Notable alumni include Frank Howard, Nick Swisher and two time All-American Steve Arlin.

In 2004, Ohio State fired men's basketball coach Jim O'Brien for recruiting violations and self-imposed a one-year penalty, including a ban on post-season play and reduction of scholarships.

Ohio State recruited such talents as Greg Oden, and Mike Conley Jr. to start the 2006–2007 year.

After a very close game with state rival Xavier, and a thrilling 20 point come from behind victory against the Tennessee Volunteers, the Buckeyes managed to hold off Georgetown Hoyas 67–60 to reach the Championship Game for the first time since 1962, which they lost to defending NCAA champions Florida Gators, 84–75.

Currently coached by Kevin McGuff, the Ohio State women's basketball team plays its home games in the Value City Arena, which they moved into in 1998.

In April 2022, the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions panel, upon the conclusion of an investigation, found that the fencing team's head coach Vladimir Nazlymov had violated NCAA head coach responsibility rules, and was guilty of aggravated level I violations.

[20][19][21] It also found that under Nazlymov's direction, in addition 18 student fencers also received impermissible benefits worth over $8,000, resulting in them competing while ineligible.

[17][20][21][19][18] The Ohio State fencing team was placed on four years of probation for NCAA violations committed between 2015 and 2019.

Seven players have received the Heisman Trophy (second all-time), with the program holding the distinction of having the only two-time winner (Archie Griffin) of the award.

Five times, Buckeye men have won the NCAA golf individual championship: John Lorms in 1945, Tom Nieporte in 1951, Robert Jones in 1956, Jack Nicklaus in 1961 and Clark Burroughs in 1985.

Some of the more notable Buckeye alumni include Don Perry, the first OSU All-American in the sport (Trampoline – 1954 – 4th place), brothers Seth and Noah Riskin – co-national champions (Parallel Bars – 1985 – 1st place), and Mike Racanelli – Ohio State's first Nissen winner in 1990.

Raj Bhavsar was the only other Men's Gymnast to win Ohio State Athlete of the Year which he accomplished in 2002.

Two gymnasts who trained at the Ohio State facilities under coach Miles Avery, but were not NCAA Athletes due to eligibility rules, were Paul and Morgan Hamm – twin brothers from Wisconsin.

Paul later went on to win the first ever Olympic gold medal in the Men's Gymnastics All-Around competition for the United States.

In all, the seven All-America honors tie the second-best single-season performance in program history and are the most laurels since the 2005 campaign.

[25] Notable Buckeye alumni include Olympians Emma Laaksonen, Tessa Bonhomme, and Lisa Chesson.

Head coach Mary Jo Ruggieri led the team to 17 wins between 1977 and 1995, and Linda Lichter-Witter added at least seven more since 1996.

Head Coach Holly Vargo-Brown led the team to their 32nd total championship in 2019, the most of any Ohio State varsity sport.

When the weather takes them indoors, both teams play at the Varsity Tennis Center, which was recently completed in November 2007.

Ohio State recently won their first Big Ten Championship in school history in 2016, after defeating Michigan in the finals.

It broke Penn State's streak of four consecutive team titles, but extended the Big Ten's national championship run to nine with the help of 4-time NCAA champion Logan Stieber.

On Friday September 11 Kyle won five matches including a dramatic ending in the gold medal round at 97 kg/213 lbs.

Trailing 4–3 with less than a minute remaining, Snyder got a takedown against returning World champion Abdusalam Gadisov of Russia and ultimately prevailed by criteria with the score tied at 5–5.

Ohio State's track team is coached by Karen Dennis, and hosts home meets at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.

In 2016, Ohio State defeated James Madison University in the national championship to win their first title.

More recently, Ohio State has appeared in the Collegiate Rugby Championship, a tournament broadcast live on NBC, finishing 7th in 2010 and 14th in 2011.

[39] Ohio State finished third at the 2012 Big Ten 7s, missing out on qualification to the 2012 USA Rugby Sevens Collegiate National Championships.