{"id":245794,"date":"2026-04-12T02:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T02:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/245794\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T02:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T02:43:08","slug":"columbus-aviators-coach-ted-ginn-jr-is-arrested-for-dui-in-dallas-one-day-before-a-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/245794\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbus Aviators coach Ted Ginn Jr. is arrested for DUI in Dallas, one day before a game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the day before his team\u2019s next game, Columbus Aviators coach Ted Ginn Jr. was arrested for DUI.<\/p>\n<p>Via Kierstin Lindkvist of WSYX in Columbus, Ginn was <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/abc6onyourside.com\/news\/local\/aviators-head-coach-charged-with-dui-ahead-of-match-in-dallas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">arrested on Saturday afternoon<\/a> in Tarrant County, Texas. He was released on $1,000 bond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are aware of an incident involving Head Coach Ted Ginn Jr. over the weekend and are in the process of gathering more information,\u201d UFL president &amp; CEO Russ Brandon told WSYX. \u201cOffensive coordinator Todd Haley will handle the head coaching duties for the Aviators game on Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Aviators face the Dallas Renegades at noon ET on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Ginn, who turns 41 tomorrow, was hired to coach the Aviators in December 2025. They have an 0-2 record in the 2026 season. <\/p>\n<p>The former Ohio State star receiver was the ninth overall pick in the 2007 draft. He played for the Dolphins, 49ers, Panthers, Cardinals, Saints, and Bears over the course of a 14-year NFL career. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On the day before his team\u2019s next game, Columbus Aviators coach Ted Ginn Jr. was arrested for DUI.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":{"0":"post-245794","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-dallas","9":"tag-dallas-headlines","10":"tag-dallas-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}