Andrew Dakich came to Ohio State last season as a graduate transfer point guard. He is now set to stay in Columbus as a graduate assistant coach.
According to a report from the Columbus Dispatch, Dakich has been brought on by Chris Holtmann as a graduate assistant coach for the 2018-19 season.
From The Dispatch:
“I don’t know if I’m 100 percent committed to coaching, but I know I’m 100 percent committed to knowing if I want to get into it,” Dakich told The Dispatch on Monday in a phone interview from his home in Indiana.
“I’m going to give it this year and learn. I’m very grateful they’re going to give me this opportunity to want me back and come back and finish my master’s and learn. As a basketball player, you’re not behind the scenes with practice plans, schedules, who we’re recruiting, et cetera. It’ll be fun to be a part of that.”
Dakich famously transferred to Ohio State from Michigan last offseason as Holtmann scrambled to piece a roster together for his first year in Columbus. Dakich averaged 19.0 minutes off the bench for the Buckeyes last season, averaging 3.0 points per game. He collected a number of memorable moments in his one year wearing the scarlet and gray, banking in a buzzer-beater from 30 feet against No. 1 ranked Michigan State and scoring 11 points in a win over Maryland.
Coaching runs in the Dakich family. Andrew's father, Dan, was the head coach at Bowling Green for 10 seasons from 1997-2007 and for seven games in an interim basis at Indiana in 2008.
