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,

Ohio State women's basketball coach Kevin McGuff waives court appearance in Dublin Mayor's Court May 23, 2025. He is charged with a single count of OVI.