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The 36-year-old Groce was introduced at a news conference Friday. He had been the top assistant under Ohio State coach Thad Matta for the past four years. He also worked under Matta at Xavier and Butler.

Groce replaces Tim O'Shea, who left this week to become head coach at Bryant University in Rhode Island.

TRACK AND FIELD

ARKANSAS HIRES N. IOWA COACH: Northern Iowa coach Chris Bucknam will take over as head coach of Arkansas' men's cross country and track and field programs.

Bucknam, Northern Iowa's coach since 1984, will take over for John McDonnell. McDonnell announced in April he would be stepping down after leading the Razorbacks to 42 national titles and 83 SEC championships.

FOOTBALL

APPALACHIAN GETS TRANSFER: Former Virginia Tech running back Devin Radford has transferred to Appalachian State.

The 5-foot-9, 190-pound Radford did not play in two seasons with the Hokies. The Fayetteville native will be eligible to play immediately under the NCAA's transfer rules and have three years of eligibility remaining. The move gives the Mountaineers added depth behind projected starting running back Devon Moore.

FORMER OU QB JAILED: Jamelle Holieway, the starting quarterback on Oklahoma's 1985 national championship team, was jailed Friday because of outstanding traffic warrants.

Holieway had been scheduled for a nonjury trial on a misdemeanor charge of marijuana possession but was taken into custody after the trial was delayed.

Court records show that bench warrants were issued for Holieway, 41, in April on a McIntosh County, Okla., speeding ticket dating to September 2006 and Haskell County tickets for speeding and driving with a suspended license from March.

Holieway had been bonded out of jail Friday evening.

SUIT REVIVED IN CAMERAMAN'S DEATH: An appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit brought by family members of an ABC Sports cameraman who died in 2003 after he fell from a platform at Camp Randall Stadium at the University of Wisconsin.

Richard Umansky fell eight feet from a wooden platform where he was installing a camera in the stadium. He was preparing to cover a football game between Wisconsin and Iowa.

Lawyers for his estate say the platform lacked railings required under federal law. They filed a lawsuit against an athletics official who was in charge of complying with safety regulations.

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