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Ohio State fired coach of the receivers Zach Smith, coach Urban Meyer said Monday, three days after Smith's wife filed a protection order against the former Buckeyes' assistant. A few days after Smith appeared in court on a charge of criminal trespass, to which Smith pleaded not guilty

According to the prosecution, which arose out of a May incident, the police was called in a house of Smith's ex-wife. deposited their son at the residence. According to the police report, there was no forced entry and Smith was not suspected of using drugs or alcohol.

On Monday, however, several articles were published detailing a history of allegations of domestic violence against Smith, who has been a receiver coach since 2012.

In 2009, when a graduate assistant to Florida, Smith was been arrested and charged with criminal assault following an altercation with his then pregnant wife. His wife at the time refused to complain

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In 2015, Smith's wife told the police who had answered a call at Smith's residence that qu & # A domestic incident had occurred last night at her home and she had been the victim of repeated physical abuse by the suspect, according to a report obtained by Ohio. Status Site ElevenWarriors.com

Smith has been connected to Meyer since 2007, when he was working as a quality control assistant when Meyer was the head coach at Florida. He stayed with the football program until 2009 before spending a season at both Marshall and Temple, the two-time receiver coach. Prior to Monday, Smith was the only remaining original assistant from Meyer's first team in 2012.

Smith is also linked to Meyer through his grandfather, the late Earle Bruce, coach of the company. Ohio State. Meyer began his coaching career as assistant under Bruce at Ohio State in 1986.

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