Thad Matta is set to return to Columbus next month to be honored by the Agonis Club, an organization that raises scholarship money for central Ohio athletes.
The club, which has heavily supported the Ohio State basketball program over the years, named Matta its Person of the Year on Thursday and is set to honor him June 4 with a golf outing and banquet at The Medallion Club in Westerville, Ohio.
Come Golf with Thad!!
— Agonis Club (@AgonisClub) May 3, 2018
Please join us as we honor former OSU Legendary coach Thad Matta as the 2018 Agonis Person of the Year - Monday June 4th, 2018https://t.co/mJjLikwbsE pic.twitter.com/qvb2xbwHc3
Matta spent 13 seasons as the head basketball coach of the Buckeyes, leading Ohio State to a pair of Final Four appearances and a national runner up finish in 2007. He was fired in June of 2017 after failing to reach the NCAA Tournament for the second year in a row.
