McGuff’s contract, which goes through the end of the 2025-26 season, includes a lengthy list of actions that the university can use as reason to fire McGuff for cause. One of those is breaking a law of the state of Ohio.

Ohio State women's basketball coach Kevin McGuff was arrested on May 6 for drunk driving. According to an incident report from the police department in Dublin, Ohio, McGuff was found in his vehicle parked partially off his driveway and on his lawn,