I get that we were terrible before Frank got here but he had ONE 10 win season in 15 years and Tim already has two in just three years. I think it’s a fair question.

Not at all, IMO. I think the program has a ton to thank Frank for. Look at where Ohio Football was at before him: outside of a couple of winning seasons in the Jim Grobe era, we hadn't had any success for nearly 30 years.

Frank came in and completely turned the program around. Only two losing seasons in his 16 seasons here (counting 2020). He made us a respectable program, and consistently good year in and year out. Like L.C. said, he did a tremendous job building a program and building a staff. And without Frank Solich, there's no Tim Albin.

Albin has simply been able to build on what Solich gave him.

Frank took OHIO from a punchline to respectability. He deserves OUr gratitude and respect and that his name adorns the field is fitting IMO.

Somehow even more embarrassing, since Frank is the winning-est coach in the MAC.

There was a decent amount raised for the naming of the field.

Since 2006, the football team has a better win percentage in regular season league games compared to the basketball team. I'd say Frank was a major part of that success.

Its been a 30 year process of adding facilities and increasingly better coaches. The Grobe era was a big step forward with notable non-conference wins. Army, Maryland, Hawaii (that was big for a MAC school at that time). Minnesota too. The university didn't want to go into the future unprepared in football so it decided to build things up while things are stable.

MAC turned out to be stable for much longer and by Frank was dedicated to making Ohio into a conference power to go along with being a leading MAC instituion. Frank brought a lot of donations in the door early to renovate the tower and by staying gave Ohio the continuity to build up. The program's first bowl win was a big milestone to increase giving which culminated with the IPF and Sook Center.

Frank maybe should have retired after the Potato Bowl win in 2019. That could have moved the rebuilding process up a year for TA so 2022 would have gone more smoothly. TAs further success we might say has been partially attributable to the transfer portal. Social media has also evolved a lot since Frank first started and the ability to use that to the program's advantgae.

Gold plating (fancy new facilities) seems to be a thing of the past which can help Ohio with a more limited facility arm race capability. The university was able to take advantage of that era to make facilities respectable while they could before it was competing with NIL donations. If the NCAA moves to an opt-in superdivision that could help programs like Ohio stay competitive by offering some guaranteed NIL. Once again its unclear if the MAC would follow suit.