How Ohio State baseball coach Justin Haire turned program around

Ohio State baseball coach Justin Haire is not satisfied yet. He obviously wasn’t pleased when the Buckeyes finished the 2025 season with a 13-37 record in his debut year. Nor did he want to finish last in the Big Ten with five conference wins.

But when the tables turned, and Ohio State found itself in the midst of a historic turnaround, Haire kept his head down. His vision of turning the program into a Midwest powerhouse, his quest to become a top-25 national program, is incomplete. Heading into the Big Ten Tournament, Ohio State is the No.

6 seed and faces No. 11 Washington at 10 p. m.

May 19. It is their highest seed since 2016. The Buckeyes surpassed their conference win total from last season by April 4 this year.