Athens, Ohio (January 22, 2001) - Ohio head football coach Brian Knorr announced that Mike
Summers, an 18-year veteran of Division I college coaching, has been
named offensive line coach for the Bobcats.

"Mike Summers has a outstanding background in option football,"
explained Knorr. "His experiences coordinating the offenses at Oregon
State and Northern Illinois be a tremendous asset for Coach Gregory and
the offensive staff. He also brings some great recruiting ideas from
his experience as the recruiting coordinator at Oklahoma State."

Summers spent last season as tight ends coach and recruiting
coordinator at Oklahoma State. He served as assistant head coach and
offensive coordinator at the University of the South from 1997-99,
leading an offense that ranked fifth in the nation in rushing and
second in the conference in total offense during his tenure.

From 1990-96, he served as offensive coordinator at Oregon State, where
the Beavers registered four straight years as the top rushing offense
in the PAC-10. He was named Top Offensive Backfield Coach in the league
in both 1993 and 1994.

Summers is no stranger to Mid-American Conference football. He spent
six seasons at Northern Illinois, coordinating an offense that
established 51 school records and seven NCAA standards from 1985-89.
Summers served as an assistant coach at Texas A&M under Jackie Sherrill
from 1982-85 and started his career as running backs coach and later
quarterbacks coach at Kentucky.

Summers earned a bachelor's degree from Georgetown College in 1978 and
added a postgraduate degree from Kentucky two years later. He and his
wife Kathy have a 17 year-old daughter, Amy.