The state’s examination of the buyout of two Ohio State head basketball coaches’ contracts is over, said Andy Geiger, OSU’s athletics director.D. Michael Grodhaus, chief legal counselor to State Auditor Jim Petro, said Virginia Trethewey, OSU’s chief legal counsel, presented information to the state auditor’s office Thursday.The information included the written contracts and the conditions surrounding the dismissal of Nancy Darsch, former women’s basketball coach, and Randy Ayers, former men’s basketball coach, Trethewey said.”While we still need to review the documents provided and have not yet reached any conclusions, at first glance it would appear this transaction is not at all similar to the transaction involving the president of Central State University,” Grodhaus said.Arthur Thomas, former Central State president, resigned in 1995 amid accusations of his failure to properly run the university. Central State’s Board of Trustees paid him $325,000 as a severance agreement.Instead of a president, Central State has been operating with an emergency management team and is estimated to be $20 million in debt.In March, Petro told Central State’s former board that it should repay $294,117 of the severance agreement with Thomas because the buyout was more than he was entitled to under his contract. A state audit determined he should have received about $30,000 for the two years left on his contract.The difference between the situations at Central State and OSU was that Central State used the severance package as an incentive to get the president to leave, while at OSU both coaches were fired before a settlement was made, Trethewey said.Trethewey said she explained the nature of the contracts and the process used to resolve the coaches’ firings to Grodhaus.”My impression was that they were very satisfied,” she said. The auditor’s office will review the information and a presentation will be made before the special audit committee early next week, Grodhaus said.Part of the confusion surrounding Ayers’ and Darsch’s contracts was because the contracts did not include promotions and endorsements which were considered part of the agreement with the coaches, said Trethewey.Endorsements are included in the contracts with Jim O’Brien and Beth Burns, the new men’s and women’s head coaches, respectively, she said.