Kevin Ries | Director, Football Equipment Services | Staff Directory

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Kevin Ries

Positon:
Director, Football Equipment Services
Email:
Phone:
292-1215

Kevin Ries oversees all of the day-to-day equipment operations and needs for the Ohio State football program as Asst. AD of Football Equipment Services. The 2023 football season will be Ries’ 15th year at Ohio State and his 11th season overseeing football, where his responsibilities include all equipment purchases, maintenance, repair and inventory, travel logistics to away games, communication with partners such as NIKE, and budgeting. A 2007 graduate of Xavier University with a degree in sport management, Ries was a basketball manager for the Musketeers for three years. After graduating, he spent a year in the NFL with the Seattle Seahawks as an equipment intern. He then returned to Ohio and Ohio State where he spent three years as an Olympic sports equipment intern (2009-11) and the 2012 season as a football intern. Certified as an athletic equipment manager, Ries is a native of Columbus and a graduate of Bishop Ready High School. He and his wife, Kathleen, reside in London, Ohio, with their three children: sons Rory and Quinn, and daughter, Meghan.