{"id":97689,"date":"2018-01-18T14:33:57","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T19:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=97689"},"modified":"2018-01-18T14:33:57","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T19:33:57","slug":"head-of-ohsaa-announces-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/01\/18\/head-of-ohsaa-announces-resignation\/","title":{"rendered":"Head of OHSAA announces resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Van Wert independent sports\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n

COLUMBUS — Dr. Dan Ross, Executive Director of the Ohio High School Athletic Association since 2004, has announced his resignation, effective September 15. The OHSAA Board of Directors accepted Dr. Ross\u2019 resignation letter Thursday at its regularly-scheduled January meeting.<\/p>\n

Dr. Ross began his duties as the OHSAA\u2019s ninth commissioner on Aug. 1, 2004. He has worked in education as a teacher, administrator and official since 1971, spanning a career of 48 years that is not yet finished.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Dan Ross<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe would like to thank Dr. Ross for all that he has done for the OHSAA and our member schools,\u201d Paul Powers, president of the OHSAA Board of Directors said. \u201cDan has done so many great things for high school sports in Ohio and has touched everyone associated with the OHSAA in such a positive way.\u201d<\/p>\n

The OHSAA Board of Directors will begin implementing a succession plan and assemble a search committee for the OHSAA\u2019s next executive director.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been so blessed to serve our member schools in this capacity for 14 years,\u201d Dr. Ross said. \u201cI don\u2019t plan to retire from my work of promoting all the positive things that school sports can do for our kids, schools and communities. We\u2019ll see what the future holds for me. It\u2019s time for me to step aside and allow for new leadership of the OHSAA.\u201d<\/p>\n

Under Dr. Ross\u2019 leadership, the OHSAA has added girls and boys bowling, dual team wrestling and girls and boys lacrosse, while also adding additional divisions in girls soccer, girls golf, boys swimming and football. In addition, the OHSAA added events for seated athletes at the state track and field championships beginning in 2013.
\nIn 2011 Dr. Ross began the groundwork for the Competitive Balance initiative in light of a potential split between public and private schools. The Competitive Balance plan was passed by a referendum vote of OHSAA member schools in 2014 and was implemented in 2016.<\/p>\n

Dr. Ross has strengthened the OHSAA\u2019s partnerships with other educational service organizations by forming advisory committees with the state school boards, superintendents, principals and athletic administrators associations. He saw the OHSAA expand and diversify its Board of Directors and district athletic boards by adding female, ethnic minority and 7th-8th grade representatives. A standard statewide coaches education program was also adopted, which is required for certification.<\/p>\n

Since his arrival, the OHSAA has strengthened its brand and awareness by creating the OHSAA Circle of Champions, increasing statewide television coverage of state tournaments, creating the OHSAA Radio Network, upgrading the OHSAA website and adding the OHSAA Magazine.<\/p>\n

Dr. Ross is a native of Portsmouth, Ohio, and graduated from Columbus St. Charles High School (1967). He holds degrees from Ohio Dominican University (bachelor\u2019s, 1971), Xavier University (master\u2019s, 1973) and Bowling Green State University (Ph. D., 1983).<\/p>\n

Among the many positions he held prior to joining the OHSAA was superintendent of the Patrick Henry Local Schools (1983-86), Pickerington Local Schools (1986-97) and Avon Lake City Schools (1997-04). He was also a registered OHSAA contest official for 20 years in the sports of baseball, basketball and volleyball.<\/p>\n

He and his wife, Kris, have four grown children and their spouses, and nine grandchildren.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Van Wert independent sports\/submitted information COLUMBUS — Dr. Dan Ross, Executive Director of the Ohio High School Athletic Association since 2004, has announced his resignation, effective September 15. The OHSAA Board of Directors accepted Dr. Ross\u2019 resignation letter Thursday at its regularly-scheduled January meeting. Dr. Ross began his duties as the OHSAA\u2019s ninth commissioner on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 22:33:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}