COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State put coach Urban Meyer on paid administrative leave on Wednesday while the school tries to figure out what the coach knew about domestic-violence allegations against former receivers coach Zach Smith.
Smith's ex-wife, Courtney, filed for an order of protection in late July. After that, information surfaced about multiple incidents in 2009 and 2015 involving the former coach, who was fired on July 23.
Meyer denied any knowledge of incidents from 2015. But reports from Wednesday suggest that he might have known, thus prompting the paid administrative leave.
We have to start at the beginning. Here's a timeline of Smith's connection to Meyer, including Meyer's relationship with Smith's grandfather, former OSU coach Earle Bruce.
2001: Urban Meyer took his first head coaching job at Bowling Green. Bruce was the one who encouraged Meyer to take the BG job.
2002: Smith walked on at Bowling Green, where Meyer was entering his second season as head coach.
2003: Meyer was hired at Utah. He went 22-2 as the head coach of the Utes and won the 2004 Fiesta Bowl.