Urban Meyer

Urban Meyer
	Meyer in 2017
Personal information
Born:	July 10, 1964 (age 60); Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Career information
High school:	Saint John School (Ashtabula, Ohio)
College:	Cincinnati
Career history
As a coach:
	St. Xavier HS (OH) (1985); Defensive backs coach; Ohio State (1986–1987); Graduate assistant; Illinois State (1988); Outside linebackers coach; Illinois State (1989); Quarterbacks coach & wide receivers coach; Colorado State (1990–1995); Wide receivers coach; Notre Dame (1996–2000); Wide receivers coach; Bowling Green (2001–2002); Head coach; Utah (2003–2004); Head coach; Florida (2005–2010); Head coach; Ohio State (2012–2018); Head coach; Jacksonville Jaguars (2021); Head coach;
Career highlights and awards
	College: 3× NCAA Division I FBS national champion (2006, 2008, 2014); 3× Big Ten champion (2014, 2017, 2018); 2× SEC champion (2006, 2008); 2× MW champion (2003, 2004); 3x Big Ten East Division champion (2014, 2017, 2018); 2× Big Ten Leaders Division champion (2012, 2013); 3× SEC Eastern Division champion (2006, 2008, 2009); Woody Hayes Trophy (2004, 2012); Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (2004); George Munger Award (2004); Home Depot Coach of the Year (2004); Pro Football Weekly National Coach of the Year (2004); Victor Award (2004); The Sporting News National Coach of the Year (2003); Sports Illustrated Coach of the Decade (2009); The Sporting News Coach of the Decade (2009); 2× MW Coach of the Year (2003, 2004); MAC Coach of the Year (2001);
Head coaching record
Career:	NFL: 2–11 (.154); NCAA: 187–32 (.854); Bowls: 12–3 (.800)
	Record at Pro Football Reference

Urban Frank Meyer III (born July 10, 1964) is an American sportscaster and former college football coach. He spent most of his coaching career at the collegiate level, having served as the head coach of the Bowling Green Falcons from 2001 to 2002, the Utah Utes from 2003 to 2004, the Florida Gators from 2005 to 2010,^[1] and the Ohio State Buckeyes from 2012 to 2018.^[2] He retired from coaching in 2019 at the end of the Rose Bowl, and stayed at Ohio State as an assistant athletic director and was also an analyst for Fox Sports, appearing weekly on their Big Noon Kickoff pregame show. In 2021, Meyer came out of retirement to take his first National Football League (NFL) job as head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, but was fired 13 games into his first and only season, after going 2–11 and being involved in both on- and off-field controversies. He then went back to Fox Sports to resume his broadcasting career.

Meyer was born in Toledo, Ohio; grew up in Ashtabula, Ohio; and attended the University of Cincinnati, where he played football as a defensive back. While at the University of Florida, he coached the Gators to two BCS National Championship Game victories, during the 2006 and 2008 seasons. Meyer's winning percentage through the conclusion of the 2009 season (.842) was the highest among active coaches with a minimum of five full seasons at a Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) program.^[3]

Following his temporary retirement in 2011, he worked as a college football analyst for the television sports network ESPN before joining Ohio State to become their head coach. In 2014, he led the Buckeyes to their first Big Ten Conference title under his tenure as well as the program's eighth national championship.^[4] Meyer is one of four coaches, along with Pop Warner, Howard Jones, and Nick Saban, to win a major college football national championship at two universities.

^ "Urban Meyer stepping down at Florida," ESPN (December 8, 2010. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
^ Thamel, Pete (December 4, 2018). "Sources: Urban Meyer to step down as Ohio State head coach after Rose Bowl". sports.yahoo.com. Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
^ "College football: Highlights and lowlights of the decade," Sports Illustrated (December 17, 2009). Retrieved December 16, 2021.
^ "Ezekiel Elliott's 4 TDs lift Ohio State to inaugural CFP title over Oregon," ' 'ESPN' ' (January 13, 2015). Retrieved December 16, 2021.

[espn12082010-1] "Urban Meyer stepping down at Florida," ESPN (December 8, 2010. Retrieved December 16, 2021.

[2] Thamel, Pete (December 4, 2018). "Sources: Urban Meyer to step down as Ohio State head coach after Rose Bowl". sports.yahoo.com. Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved December 4, 2018.

[3] "College football: Highlights and lowlights of the decade," Sports Illustrated (December 17, 2009). Retrieved December 16, 2021.

[4] "Ezekiel Elliott's 4 TDs lift Ohio State to inaugural CFP title over Oregon," ' 'ESPN' ' (January 13, 2015). Retrieved December 16, 2021.

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