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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Urban_Meyer_in_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Urban_Meyer_in_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="392" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Urban_Meyer_in_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Urban_Meyer_in_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Urban_Meyer_in_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Urban_Meyer_in_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Meyer in 2017</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;">Biographical details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1964-07-10</span>) </span>July 10, 1964<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 60)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Toledo,_Ohio" title="Toledo, Ohio">Toledo, Ohio</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Cincinnati" title="University of Cincinnati">University of Cincinnati</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_University" title="Ohio State University">Ohio State University</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" />Playing career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1983–1986</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bearcats_football" title="Cincinnati Bearcats football">Cincinnati</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Position(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">Defensive back</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" />Coaching career (<a href="/wiki/Head_coach" title="Head coach">HC</a> unless noted)</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1985</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/St._Xavier_High_School_(Cincinnati)" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Xavier High School (Cincinnati)">St. Xavier (OH)</a> (DB)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1986–1987</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football" title="Ohio State Buckeyes football">Ohio State</a> (<a href="/wiki/Graduate_assistant" title="Graduate assistant">GA</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1988</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Illinois_State_Redbirds_football" title="Illinois State Redbirds football">Illinois State</a> (OLB)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1989</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;">Illinois State (QB/WR)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1990–1995</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Colorado_State_Rams_football" title="Colorado State Rams football">Colorado State</a> (WR)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1996–2000</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Notre Dame</a> (WR)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">2001–2002</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green_Falcons_football" title="Bowling Green Falcons football">Bowling Green</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">2003–2004</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Utah_Utes_football" title="Utah Utes football">Utah</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">2005–2010</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Florida_Gators_football" title="Florida Gators football">Florida</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">2012–2018</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;">Ohio State</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">2021</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Jaguars" title="Jacksonville Jaguars">Jacksonville Jaguars</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;">Head coaching record</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Overall</th><td class="infobox-data">NCAA: 187–32 <br /> NFL: 2–11<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bowls</th><td class="infobox-data">12–3</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" />Accomplishments and honors</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left;">Championships</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li>3× <a href="/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS" title="College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS">FBS national</a> (<a href="/wiki/2007_BCS_National_Championship_Game" title="2007 BCS National Championship Game">2006</a>, <a href="/wiki/2009_BCS_National_Championship_Game" title="2009 BCS National Championship Game">2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/2015_College_Football_Playoff_National_Championship" title="2015 College Football Playoff National Championship">2014</a>)</li> <li>3× <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten</a> (<a href="/wiki/2014_Big_Ten_Football_Championship_Game" title="2014 Big Ten Football Championship Game">2014</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_Big_Ten_Football_Championship_Game" title="2017 Big Ten Football Championship Game">2017</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018_Big_Ten_Football_Championship_Game" title="2018 Big Ten Football Championship Game">2018</a>)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">SEC</a> (<a href="/wiki/2006_SEC_Championship_Game" title="2006 SEC Championship Game">2006</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008_SEC_Championship_Game" title="2008 SEC Championship Game">2008</a>)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/Mountain_West_Conference" title="Mountain West Conference">MW</a> (2003, 2004)</li> <li>3× Big Ten Eastern division (2014, 2017, 2018)</li> <li>2× Big Ten Leaders division (2012, 2013)</li> <li>3× SEC East division (2006, 2008, 2009)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left;">Awards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li>2× <a href="/wiki/Woody_Hayes_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Woody Hayes Trophy">Woody Hayes Trophy</a> (2004, 2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Robinson_Coach_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year">Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Munger_Award" title="George Munger Award">George Munger Award</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Home_Depot_Coach_of_the_Year" title="Home Depot Coach of the Year">Home Depot Coach of the Year</a> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Weekly" title="Pro Football Weekly">PFW</a></i> National Coach of the Year (2004)</li> <li>Victor Award (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sporting_News" title="The Sporting News">TSN</a></i> National Coach of the Year (2003)</li> <li><i>SI</i> Coach of the Decade (2009)</li> <li><i>TSN</i> Coach of the Decade (2009)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/Mountain_West_Conference" title="Mountain West Conference">MW</a> Coach of the Year (2003, 2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid-American_Conference_football_awards#Coach_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid-American Conference football awards">MAC Coach of the Year</a> (2001)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="background-color: #fb0; font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="College Football Hall of Fame">College Football Hall of Fame</a><br />Inducted in 2025 (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=2561">profile</a>)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Urban Frank Meyer III</b> (born July 10, 1964) is an American <a href="/wiki/Sports_commentator" title="Sports commentator">sportscaster</a> and former <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> coach. He spent most of his coaching career at the collegiate level, having served as the head coach of the <a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green_Falcons_football" title="Bowling Green Falcons football">Bowling Green Falcons</a> from 2001 to 2002, the <a href="/wiki/Utah_Utes_football" title="Utah Utes football">Utah Utes</a> from 2003 to 2004, the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Gators_football" title="Florida Gators football">Florida Gators</a> from 2005 to 2010,<sup id="cite_ref-espn12082010_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn12082010-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football" title="Ohio State Buckeyes football">Ohio State Buckeyes</a> from 2012 to 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 <a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports" title="Fox Sports">Fox Sports</a>, appearing weekly on their <i><a href="/wiki/Big_Noon_Kickoff" title="Big Noon Kickoff">Big Noon Kickoff</a></i> pregame show. In 2021, Meyer came out of retirement to take his first <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL) job as head coach of the <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Jaguars" title="Jacksonville Jaguars">Jacksonville Jaguars</a>, 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. </p><p>Meyer was born in <a href="/wiki/Toledo,_Ohio" title="Toledo, Ohio">Toledo, Ohio</a>; grew up in <a href="/wiki/Ashtabula,_Ohio" title="Ashtabula, Ohio">Ashtabula, Ohio</a>; and attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cincinnati" title="University of Cincinnati">University of Cincinnati</a>, where he played football as a defensive back. While at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Florida" title="University of Florida">University of Florida</a>, he coached the Gators to two <a href="/wiki/BCS_National_Championship_Game" title="BCS National Championship Game">BCS National Championship Game</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Football_Bowl_Subdivision" class="mw-redirect" title="Football Bowl Subdivision">Football Bowl Subdivision</a> (FBS) program.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following his temporary retirement in 2011, he worked as a college football analyst for the television sports network <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> before joining Ohio State to become their head coach. In 2014, he led the Buckeyes to their first <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a> title under his tenure as well as the program's eighth <a href="/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS" title="College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS">national championship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meyer is one of four coaches, along with <a href="/wiki/Pop_Warner" title="Pop Warner">Pop Warner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Howard_Jones_(American_football_coach)" title="Howard Jones (American football coach)">Howard Jones</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nick_Saban" title="Nick Saban">Nick Saban</a>, to win a major college football national championship at two universities. Meyer was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="College Football Hall of Fame">College Football Hall of Fame</a> in 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2></div> <p>Meyer was born on July 10, 1964, in <a href="/wiki/Toledo,_Ohio" title="Toledo, Ohio">Toledo, Ohio</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was raised in <a href="/wiki/Ashtabula,_Ohio" title="Ashtabula, Ohio">Ashtabula, Ohio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He graduated from Ashtabula's <a href="/wiki/Saints_John_%26_Paul_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Saints John & Paul High School">Saint John High School</a> in 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meyer was selected in the 13th round of the <a href="/wiki/1982_Major_League_Baseball_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1982 Major League Baseball Draft">1982 Major League Baseball Draft</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> as a shortstop, where he spent two seasons playing minor league baseball in the Braves organization.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He concurrently played <a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">defensive back</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cincinnati" title="University of Cincinnati">University of Cincinnati</a> before earning his <a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree">bachelor's degree</a> in <a href="/wiki/Psychology" title="Psychology">psychology</a> in 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-umtimelineclevepd_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-umtimelineclevepd-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his undergraduate studies, Meyer was a member of <a href="/wiki/Sigma_Chi" title="Sigma Chi">Sigma Chi</a> <a href="/wiki/Fraternities_and_sororities" title="Fraternities and sororities">Fraternity</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Sigma_Chi_chapters" title="List of Sigma Chi chapters">Zeta Psi</a> Chapter).<sup id="cite_ref-denisemeyerchat_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-denisemeyerchat-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meyer earned his master's degree in <a href="/wiki/Sports_administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports administration">sports administration</a> in 1988 from <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_University" title="Ohio State University">Ohio State University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-umtimelineclevepd_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-umtimelineclevepd-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_career">Coaching career</h2></div> <p>In 2004, Meyer was recognized as the college football coach of the year by both sportswriters (<a href="/wiki/Eddie_Robinson_Coach_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year">Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year</a>) and television commentators (<a href="/wiki/Home_Depot_Coach_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Home Depot Coach of the Year Award">Home Depot Coach of the Year Award</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-gatorzonemeyerbio_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gatorzonemeyerbio-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then had twenty years of college coaching experience, including nine as a head coach.<sup id="cite_ref-gatorzonemeyerbio_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gatorzonemeyerbio-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His overall record as a head coach through the end of the 2009 season was 96–18, and he was 49–14 in conference play.<sup id="cite_ref-cfbdwmeyerrecord_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cfbdwmeyerrecord-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His winning percentage (.842) through the end of the 2009 season ranked first nationally among active college football head coaches.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By winning the 2009 BCS Championship game on January 8, 2009, Meyer moved past Oklahoma head coach <a href="/wiki/Bob_Stoops" title="Bob Stoops">Bob Stoops</a> into second place on the list of active Division I coaches ranked by winning percentage. </p><p>Meyer is Catholic,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and on several occasions has referred to the head coaching position at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Notre_Dame" title="University of Notre Dame">University of Notre Dame</a> as his "dream job", leading to speculation that he would someday wish to coach there. However, according to a July 2009 newspaper report, Meyer insisted he would never leave Florida for Notre Dame.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> And when the employment status of Irish coach <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Weis" title="Charlie Weis">Charlie Weis</a> came into question in November 2009, Meyer held a press conference to dispel rumors linking him to the possible opening, stating that he would remain at Florida for "as long as they'll have me".<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The University of Cincinnati's <a href="/wiki/Brian_Kelly_(American_football_coach)" title="Brian Kelly (American football coach)">Brian Kelly</a> was eventually hired for the job. </p><p>On December 26, 2009, Meyer announced he would resign following the team's <a href="/wiki/2010_Sugar_Bowl" title="2010 Sugar Bowl">bowl game</a> against Cincinnati, citing health concerns.<sup id="cite_ref-Resignation_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Resignation-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the following day Meyer announced that he would instead take an indefinite <a href="/wiki/Leave_of_absence" title="Leave of absence">leave of absence</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Staples12272009_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Staples12272009-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he resumed his coaching duties in time for the beginning of the Gators' spring practice on March 17, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley announced Meyer's resignation on December 8, 2010, but stated that Meyer would remain as the head coach through the Gators' appearance in the <a href="/wiki/Outback_Bowl" class="mw-redirect" title="Outback Bowl">Outback Bowl</a> on January 1, 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-espn12082010_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn12082010-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 28, 2011, Meyer accepted the head coach position at Ohio State University. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_coaching_career">Early coaching career</h3></div> <p>After playing as a defensive back and placeholder for the University of Cincinnati, Meyer spent one season interning as a defensive back coach at <a href="/wiki/St._Xavier_High_School_(Cincinnati)" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Xavier High School (Cincinnati)">Saint Xavier High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati,_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Cincinnati, Ohio">Cincinnati, Ohio</a>, in 1985 under the mentorship of legendary St. Xavier head coach Steve Rasso, where he met members of the Ohio State coaching staff.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first collegiate coaching position was a two-year stint as a graduate assistant coaching tight ends at Ohio State under head coach <a href="/wiki/Earle_Bruce" title="Earle Bruce">Earle Bruce</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gatorzonemeyerbio_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gatorzonemeyerbio-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He spent the next thirteen years as an assistant—two at <a href="/wiki/Illinois_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Illinois State">Illinois State</a>, six at <a href="/wiki/Colorado_State_Rams_football" title="Colorado State Rams football">Colorado State</a>, and five at <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Notre Dame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gatorzonemeyerbio_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gatorzonemeyerbio-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One of the talents he coached at Colorado State was WR <a href="/wiki/Greg_Primus" title="Greg Primus">Greg Primus</a> (3,096 yards and 17 TD in 3 years). He put up over 1,000 yards receiving from 1990 to 1992 under Meyer's tutelage. At Notre Dame, he coached WR Bobby Brown who would finish his career with 1,521 yards and 12 TD receiving.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At Notre Dame in 2000, he coached WR <a href="/wiki/David_Givens" title="David Givens">David Givens</a> who would later be drafted by the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1990, while still the linebacker coach at Illinois State, he called <a href="/wiki/University_of_Toledo" title="University of Toledo">Toledo</a> head coach <a href="/wiki/Nick_Saban" title="Nick Saban">Nick Saban</a>'s home and spoke to Saban's wife to inquire if a position was available. Saban, however, never returned the call. Saban later said "I was so kind of caught up and busy with what I was doing, I never really followed up on that. Obviously, that was a huge mistake on my part because the guy's a fantastic coach."<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bowling_Green">Bowling Green</h3></div> <p>In 2001, Meyer took his first head coaching job at <a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green_Falcons_football" title="Bowling Green Falcons football">Bowling Green</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cfbdwmeyerrecord_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cfbdwmeyerrecord-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his first season there, he engineered one of the greatest turnarounds in the <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a> football history, going 8–3 and capping off the season with a 56–21 victory over Bowling Green's rival, the University of Toledo Rockets.<sup id="cite_ref-cfbdwbgsuresults20002004_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cfbdwbgsuresults20002004-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also earned Mid-American Conference coach of the year honors. The next year, Bowling Green finished with a 9–3 record.<sup id="cite_ref-cfbdwbgsuresults20002004_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cfbdwbgsuresults20002004-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a 17–6 overall record, Meyer left for the University of Utah.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He helped turn around a team that had gone 2–9 in 2000 in large part due to QB <a href="/wiki/Josh_Harris_(quarterback)" title="Josh Harris (quarterback)">Josh Harris</a>, a player tailor-made for Meyer's scheme. In a part-time play in 2001, Harris passed for 1,022 yards with 9 touchdowns and ran for 600 yards and 8 touchdowns. The next year, he passed for 2,425 yards with 19 TD and ran for 737 yards with 20 TD. Meyer would later use such quarterbacks as <a href="/wiki/Alex_Smith" title="Alex Smith">Alex Smith</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tim_Tebow" title="Tim Tebow">Tim Tebow</a> in a fashion similar to the way Meyer used Harris. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Utah">Utah</h3></div> <p>After two seasons at Bowling Green, he took the job at <a href="/wiki/Utah_Utes_football" title="Utah Utes football">Utah</a> in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-utahplayerbiomeyer_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-utahplayerbiomeyer-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his <a href="/wiki/2003_Utah_Utes_football_team" title="2003 Utah Utes football team">first year</a> there, Meyer was named the <a href="/wiki/Mountain_West_Conference" title="Mountain West Conference">Mountain West Conference</a>'s Coach of the Year with a 10–2 record, the best ever for a coach's first season at Utah.<sup id="cite_ref-utahplayerbiomeyer_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-utahplayerbiomeyer-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also earned honors as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sporting_News" title="The Sporting News">The Sporting News</a></i> National Coach of the Year, the first Utes coach to do so.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They also won the program's first outright conference championship since the <a href="/wiki/1957_Utah_Utes_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="1957 Utah Utes football team">1957 team</a> won the <a href="/wiki/Mountain_States_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Mountain States Conference">Skyline Conference</a> title. </p><p>Meyer's success can be attributed to his unique offensive system, which is an offshoot of <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walsh_(American_football_coach)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Walsh (American football coach)">Bill Walsh</a>'s <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Offense" class="mw-redirect" title="West Coast Offense">West Coast Offense</a>, relying on short pass routes.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meyer's base offense spreads three receivers and puts the <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">quarterback</a> in <a href="/wiki/Shotgun_formation" title="Shotgun formation">shotgun formation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cbrown120208_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbrown120208-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then, he introduces motion in the backfield and turns it into an <a href="/wiki/Option_offense" title="Option offense">option</a> attack, adding elements of the traditional run-oriented <a href="/wiki/Option_offense" title="Option offense">option offense</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cbrown120208_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbrown120208-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/2004_Utah_Utes_football_team" title="2004 Utah Utes football team">2004</a>, Meyer led the undefeated Utes to a <a href="/wiki/Bowl_Championship_Series" title="Bowl Championship Series">Bowl Championship Series</a> bid, something that had not been done by a team from a non-automatically qualifying BCS conference since the formation of the BCS in 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He remained at Utah long enough to coach the team to a <a href="/wiki/2005_Fiesta_Bowl" title="2005 Fiesta Bowl">Fiesta Bowl</a> win over <a href="/wiki/2004_Pittsburgh_Panthers_football_team" title="2004 Pittsburgh Panthers football team">Pittsburgh</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-cfbdwmeyerrecord_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cfbdwmeyerrecord-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> capping off the Utes' first perfect season (12–0) since 1930.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2003, Utes quarterback Alex Smith threw for 2,247 yards and 15 touchdowns and ran for 452 yards with five touchdowns. In 2004, he threw for 2,952 yards with 32 touchdowns and ran for 631 yards and 10 touchdowns. His production in Meyer's offensive scheme was a large reason why Smith was considered a first-round pick entering the <a href="/wiki/2005_NFL_draft" title="2005 NFL draft">2005 NFL draft</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Florida">Florida</h3></div> <p>In the wake of his accomplishments at Utah, both the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Florida" title="University of Florida">University of Florida</a> and the University of Notre Dame vied for his services.<sup id="cite_ref-imaisel120604_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imaisel120604-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meyer chose to become Florida's head coach for the 2005 season, signing a seven-year contract worth $14 million.<sup id="cite_ref-imaisel120604_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imaisel120604-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later signed a six-year contract extension with the Gators on June 7, 2007; the extended contract paid an average of $3.25 million per year.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 3, 2009, Meyer received another contract extension that made him the SEC's highest-paid coach during the 2009 season; his 2009 extension was worth $24 million over six years.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time of the latest contract extension, Meyer was the third highest-paid college football coach, behind only <a href="/wiki/Pete_Carroll" title="Pete Carroll">Pete Carroll</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Weis" title="Charlie Weis">Charlie Weis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meyer has been criticized by some commentators because 31 of his players were arrested during his six years as the Gators' coach.<sup id="cite_ref-george9152010_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-george9152010-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bishop_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bishop-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The seriousness of the charges varied widely, from minor offenses such as possession of alcohol by a minor to the charges of possession of a concealed weapon, "aggravated stalking, domestic violence by strangulation, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny and fraudulent use of credit cards".<sup id="cite_ref-Bishop_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bishop-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many of the charges were ultimately dismissed.<sup id="cite_ref-george9152010_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-george9152010-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bishop_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bishop-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2010, after Gator receiver <a href="/wiki/Chris_Rainey" title="Chris Rainey">Chris Rainey</a> was arrested for sending a threatening text message to a former girlfriend, Meyer stated that he was "real upset about that. After a while, enough's enough. If there's something that we can improve on, we're certainly looking into that. It's like if our graduation rate stinks then we gotta improve that. If there are other issues in a program, that's our job to get it better. It's people making stupid mistakes, that's something we gotta correct."<sup id="cite_ref-orlandosentinel1_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-orlandosentinel1-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2005_season">2005 season</h4></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2005_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="2005 Florida Gators football team">2005 Florida Gators football team</a></div> <p>In 2005, his first season at Florida, Meyer's <a href="/wiki/Florida_Gators_football" title="Florida Gators football">Gators</a> team finished the season 9–3 (5–3 in the <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">Southeastern Conference</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The season included an undefeated record at home and a bowl victory against <a href="/wiki/2005_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team" title="2005 Iowa Hawkeyes football team">Iowa</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2006_Outback_Bowl" title="2006 Outback Bowl">Outback Bowl</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Florida" title="Tampa, Florida">Tampa, Florida</a>. The Gators would have faced <a href="/wiki/2005_LSU_Tigers_football_team" title="2005 LSU Tigers football team">LSU</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2005_SEC_Championship_Game" title="2005 SEC Championship Game">SEC Championship Game</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but they lost to <a href="/wiki/2005_South_Carolina_Gamecocks_football_team" title="2005 South Carolina Gamecocks football team">South Carolina</a> and former Florida head coach <a href="/wiki/Steve_Spurrier" title="Steve Spurrier">Steve Spurrier</a> in the SEC regular-season finale. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gators_at_WH_07.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Gators_at_WH_07.jpg/220px-Gators_at_WH_07.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Gators_at_WH_07.jpg/330px-Gators_at_WH_07.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Gators_at_WH_07.jpg/440px-Gators_at_WH_07.jpg 2x" data-file-width="515" data-file-height="419" /></a><figcaption>Meyer at the White House in 2007.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2006_season">2006 season</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2006_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="2006 Florida Gators football team">2006 Florida Gators football team</a></div> <p>In 2006, Meyer coached the Gators to a 13–1 (8–1 in the SEC) record, with the one loss coming to the <a href="/wiki/2006_Auburn_Tigers_football_team" title="2006 Auburn Tigers football team">Auburn Tigers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After clinching the SEC East, the Gators won the <a href="/wiki/2006_SEC_Championship_Game" title="2006 SEC Championship Game">SEC Championship Game</a> on December 2 over <a href="/wiki/2006_Arkansas_Razorbacks_football_team" title="2006 Arkansas Razorbacks football team">Arkansas</a> by a score of 38–28. The Gators defeated the <a href="/wiki/2006_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2006 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State Buckeyes</a>, 41–14, in the <a href="/wiki/2007_BCS_National_Championship_Game" title="2007 BCS National Championship Game">2007 BCS National Championship Game</a> to win the national championship.<sup id="cite_ref-apbcs10807_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-apbcs10807-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the first BCS bowl berth for the Gators since the <a href="/wiki/2002_Orange_Bowl" title="2002 Orange Bowl">Orange Bowl</a> that capped off the 2001 campaign,<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Florida's first national championship appearance and victory since winning the <a href="/wiki/1997_Sugar_Bowl" title="1997 Sugar Bowl">1997 Sugar Bowl</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-apbcs10807_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-apbcs10807-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meyer has been known for winning big games. In addition to his 5–1 record in bowl games at Florida, Meyer compiled a 16–2 record against three of the Gators' biggest opponents—Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida State. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2007_season">2007 season</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2007_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="2007 Florida Gators football team">2007 Florida Gators football team</a></div> <p>The Gators managed a 9–3 regular season record in 2007, including blowout wins over rivals <a href="/wiki/2007_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team">Tennessee</a> and <a href="/wiki/2007_Florida_State_Seminoles_football_team" title="2007 Florida State Seminoles football team">FSU</a> but once again losing to <a href="/wiki/2007_Auburn_Tigers_football_team" title="2007 Auburn Tigers football team">Auburn</a>. During his tenure at the University of Florida, Coach Meyer never defeated Auburn.<sup id="cite_ref-cfbdwhmeyer2007_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cfbdwhmeyer2007-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Quarterback Tim Tebow also became Coach Meyer's first <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a> winner. The team led the conference in scoring,<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but struggles on defense made it difficult for the Gators to reach a <a href="/wiki/Bowl_Championship_Series" title="Bowl Championship Series">BCS bowl game</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Gators lost the <a href="/wiki/2008_Capital_One_Bowl" title="2008 Capital One Bowl">Capital One Bowl</a> to <a href="/wiki/2007_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2007 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> 41–35 on January 1, 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-cfbdwhmeyer2007_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cfbdwhmeyer2007-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meyer served as a pre-game and halftime analyst for the <a href="/wiki/2008_BCS_National_Championship_Game" title="2008 BCS National Championship Game">2008 BCS National Championship Game</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2008_season">2008 season</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2008_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="2008 Florida Gators football team">2008 Florida Gators football team</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Urban_Meyer_of_Florida_Gators_on_October_25,_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Urban_Meyer_of_Florida_Gators_on_October_25%2C_2008.jpg/200px-Urban_Meyer_of_Florida_Gators_on_October_25%2C_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Urban_Meyer_of_Florida_Gators_on_October_25%2C_2008.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="288" data-file-height="257" /></a><figcaption>Meyer with the Florida Gators in 2008</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2008, Meyer led the Gators to a 13–1 overall record and the <a href="/wiki/BCS_National_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="BCS National Championship">BCS National Championship</a> over <a href="/wiki/2008_Oklahoma_Sooners_football_team" title="2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team">Oklahoma</a>, including wins over six ranked teams. The team's lone defeat came at the hands of <a href="/wiki/2008_Ole_Miss_Rebels_football_team" title="2008 Ole Miss Rebels football team">Ole Miss</a> on September 27, 2008, a game in which Florida led in time of possession and passing yards, but had three turnovers. Eleven of the Gators' twelve wins in the 2008 regular season were by 20 points or more. On December 6, 2008, Meyer led the Gators to a 31–20 victory over then top-ranked <a href="/wiki/2008_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2008_SEC_Championship_Game" title="2008 SEC Championship Game">SEC title game</a>. Leading in time of possession, rushing yards, and passing yards, the Gators rallied from behind after a third-quarter deficit to score two touchdowns and hold Alabama scoreless in the fourth quarter. The victory would vault Florida to No. 1 in the Associated Press Poll, No. 2 in the USA Today Coaches' Poll, and No. 2 in the BCS rankings, setting up a showdown against <a href="/wiki/2008_Oklahoma_Sooners_football_team" title="2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team">Oklahoma</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2009_BCS_National_Championship_Game" title="2009 BCS National Championship Game">BCS Championship Game</a> on January 8, 2009, at Dolphin Stadium in Miami, Florida. The Gators won 24–14, securing their second national championship under Meyer. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2009_season">2009 season</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2009_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="2009 Florida Gators football team">2009 Florida Gators football team</a></div> <p>In 2009, Meyer's Gators began the season ranked No. 1 by the largest margin in the history of the AP preseason poll. Though the team struggled on offense at times, and quarterback Tim Tebow suffered a frightening <a href="/wiki/Concussion" title="Concussion">concussion</a> in a September victory over <a href="/wiki/2009_Kentucky_Wildcats_football_team" title="2009 Kentucky Wildcats football team">Kentucky</a>, Florida finished the regular season 12–0 and still ranked No. 1. The winning streak ended in the <a href="/wiki/2009_SEC_Championship_Game" title="2009 SEC Championship Game">SEC Championship Game</a>, when they lost 32–13 to <a href="/wiki/2009_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="2009 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a>. </p><p>Florida was selected to play the undefeated <a href="/wiki/2009_Cincinnati_Bearcats_football_team" title="2009 Cincinnati Bearcats football team">Cincinnati Bearcats</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2010_Sugar_Bowl" title="2010 Sugar Bowl">2010 Sugar Bowl</a>. The Gators won 51–24 to finish the season with a 13–1 record for the second consecutive year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Leave_of_absence">Leave of absence</h4></div> <p>In the early morning of December 6, 2009, soon after returning home following his team's loss in the 2009 SEC Championship Game, Meyer was quietly admitted into a Gainesville hospital suffering from chest pains and dehydration. He was released later in the day, and the incident was not announced to the public at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 26, after discussions with his family, Meyer revealed his medical scare and announced that he would resign as Florida's head coach due to health and family concerns following his team's <a href="/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day" title="New Year's Day">New Year's Day</a> Sugar Bowl appearance.<sup id="cite_ref-Resignation_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Resignation-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meyer stated: "I have ignored my health for years, but recent developments have forced me to re-evaluate my priorities of faith and family." He also said: "I'm proud to be a part of the Gainesville community and the Gator Nation and I plan to remain in Gainesville and involved with the University of Florida."<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meyer admitted that he had suffered frequent chest pains, later discovered to be caused by <a href="/wiki/Gastroesophageal_reflux_disease" title="Gastroesophageal reflux disease">gastroesophageal reflux disease</a> (GERD), and occasional severe headaches due to an <a href="/wiki/Arachnoid_cyst" title="Arachnoid cyst">arachnoid cyst</a> for years, and that they were related to stress.<sup id="cite_ref-ESPN2_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPN2-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 27, Meyer announced that he would take an indefinite leave of absence instead of resigning. He was unsure if he would return for the 2010 season but stated that "I do in my gut believe that will happen."<sup id="cite_ref-NYTLeave_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTLeave-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Offensive coordinator <a href="/wiki/Steve_Addazio" title="Steve Addazio">Steve Addazio</a> would serve as the <a href="/wiki/Interim_management" title="Interim management">interim</a> coach in Meyer's absence. </p><p>On January 1, 2010, Meyer coached the Gators in their 51–24 Sugar Bowl victory over the Cincinnati Bearcats. In a post-game interview, Meyer again suggested that he would return to coach the Gators at some point by saying: "I plan on being the coach of the Gators."<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meyer took significant time off from his coaching duties after the bowl game in an attempt to improve his personal health.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While he did stay in touch with potential new players during the <a href="/wiki/Recruiting_(college_athletics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Recruiting (college athletics)">busy recruiting season</a>, Meyer did much less traveling to visit recruits than usual.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, the Gators still signed the consensus No. 1 recruiting class in the nation in February.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 17, 2010, Meyer returned full-time to his position for the start of the Gators' spring practice and continued in that role into the 2010 season.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2010_season">2010 season</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2010_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="2010 Florida Gators football team">2010 Florida Gators football team</a></div> <p>With his victory over Kentucky on September 25, 2010, Meyer achieved his 100th career win as a coach. With that win, his record was at 100–18 over the course of 10 seasons. He became the sixth fastest NCAA coach to reach that record, following <a href="/wiki/Gil_Dobie" title="Gil Dobie">Gil Dobie</a> (108 games), <a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Woodruff" title="George Washington Woodruff">George Woodruff</a> (109 games), <a href="/wiki/Bud_Wilkinson" title="Bud Wilkinson">Bud Wilkinson</a> (111 games), <a href="/wiki/Fielding_Yost" class="mw-redirect" title="Fielding Yost">Fielding Yost</a> (114 games), and <a href="/wiki/Knute_Rockne" title="Knute Rockne">Knute Rockne</a> (117 games). He was also the second-fastest to reach 100 wins since Wilkinson in 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite reaching this milestone, the season was a difficult one for the Gators, and their 7–5 regular-season record was the worst in Meyer's tenure at Florida. On December 8, 2010, Meyer again announced his retirement from coaching for much the same reasons he mentioned in December 2009: his family and his health.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meyer's last game as Florida's coach was a 37–24 win in the <a href="/wiki/2011_Outback_Bowl" title="2011 Outback Bowl">2011 Outback Bowl</a> on January 1, 2011. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h4></div> <p>After a three-month investigation, the <i>Sporting News</i> published an exposé titled "How Urban Meyer broke Florida football", suggesting that Meyer had created a toxic culture in the locker room at Florida and departed just before implosion.<sup id="cite_ref-circle_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-circle-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The article quoted several Florida players who declared that Meyer developed a "Circle of Trust" that included only star players, and that those players received favorable treatment, including not having to complete workouts, lenient punishment, and hiding the player's positive drug tests from the public. Although Meyer stated: "I've never heard of Circle of Trust before in my life", former players contend it was the foundation of Florida's culture under Meyer.<sup id="cite_ref-circle_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-circle-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="ESPN_career">ESPN career</h3></div> <p>After resigning as the head football coach of the Florida Gators, Meyer worked as a college football commentator and analyst for the American television sports network <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ohio_State">Ohio State</h3></div> <p>On November 17, 2011, <i>Eleven Warriors</i> reported that Meyer would become the head coach of the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football" title="Ohio State Buckeyes football">Ohio State Buckeyes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meyer denied the report publicly,<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> then asked ESPN to be taken off assignment during the weekend of the <a href="/wiki/Michigan%E2%80%93Ohio_State_football_rivalry" title="Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry">Ohio State–Michigan game</a>, adding more to the speculations that he might be named the next head coach of Ohio State.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 28, <a href="/wiki/WBNS-TV" title="WBNS-TV">WBNS</a> Columbus confirmed that Meyer had accepted the job as Ohio State's head football coach, and was introduced as head coach later that night.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The school said Meyer would receive a six-year contract that paid $4 million annually, plus another $2.4 million total in "retention payments".<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was reported by CBS Sports on April 13, 2015, that Meyer signed a contract extension with the Buckeyes through 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2012_season">2012 season</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2012_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2012 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">2012 Ohio State Buckeyes football team</a></div> <p>In Meyer's first year of coaching at Ohio State, he helped lead the Buckeyes to an undefeated 12–0 record and a No. 3 AP Poll ranking. The team was ineligible for all other rankings, as well as postseason play, due to NCAA sanctions.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was surrounded by first-year coaches such as offensive coordinator Tom Herman, co-offensive coordinator Ed Warriner, and co-defensive coordinator Everett Withers. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Urban_Meyer_vs_Michigan,_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Urban_Meyer_vs_Michigan%2C_2013.jpg/220px-Urban_Meyer_vs_Michigan%2C_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Urban_Meyer_vs_Michigan%2C_2013.jpg/330px-Urban_Meyer_vs_Michigan%2C_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Urban_Meyer_vs_Michigan%2C_2013.jpg/440px-Urban_Meyer_vs_Michigan%2C_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="1917" /></a><figcaption>Meyer in 2013</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2013_season">2013 season</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2013_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team</a></div> <p>Meyer's next year was not as good as the previous one, but Ohio State still finished #12 in the BCS rankings and a 12–2 record.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meyer lost talent at the end of the year to the 2014 NFL Draft, including linebacker <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Shazier" title="Ryan Shazier">Ryan Shazier</a>, cornerback <a href="/wiki/Bradley_Roby" title="Bradley Roby">Bradley Roby</a>, and running back <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Hyde" title="Carlos Hyde">Carlos Hyde</a>. Roby and Shazier went in the first round, and Hyde went in the second round. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2014_season">2014 season</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2014_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2014 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">2014 Ohio State Buckeyes football team</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:W._Bridge_St._(Dublin,_Ohio)_-_renamed_Honorary_Urban_Meyer_Way.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/W._Bridge_St._%28Dublin%2C_Ohio%29_-_renamed_Honorary_Urban_Meyer_Way.jpg/220px-W._Bridge_St._%28Dublin%2C_Ohio%29_-_renamed_Honorary_Urban_Meyer_Way.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/W._Bridge_St._%28Dublin%2C_Ohio%29_-_renamed_Honorary_Urban_Meyer_Way.jpg/330px-W._Bridge_St._%28Dublin%2C_Ohio%29_-_renamed_Honorary_Urban_Meyer_Way.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/W._Bridge_St._%28Dublin%2C_Ohio%29_-_renamed_Honorary_Urban_Meyer_Way.jpg/440px-W._Bridge_St._%28Dublin%2C_Ohio%29_-_renamed_Honorary_Urban_Meyer_Way.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2253" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dublin,_Ohio" title="Dublin, Ohio">Dublin, Ohio</a>, the city in which Urban Meyer resides, renamed West Bridge Street in his honor for his accomplishments during the 2014 season.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Before the start of the season, Ohio State lost its star quarterback, <a href="/wiki/Braxton_Miller" title="Braxton Miller">Braxton Miller</a>, when he sustained a right shoulder injury during practice. Redshirt freshman quarterback <a href="/wiki/J._T._Barrett" title="J. T. Barrett">J. T. Barrett</a> stepped in as his replacement and led Ohio State to an 11–1 record through the first 12 games of the season. However, in the final game of the regular season, he sustained a broken ankle and was lost for the remainder of the year. <a href="/wiki/Cardale_Jones" title="Cardale Jones">Cardale Jones</a> replaced Barrett at quarterback and guided Ohio State to a 59–0 blowout win over <a href="/wiki/2014_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="2014 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2014_Big_Ten_Football_Championship_Game" title="2014 Big Ten Football Championship Game">Big Ten Football Championship Game</a>. With the conference championship and the convincing win over Wisconsin, Ohio State moved up to #4 in the <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Playoff" title="College Football Playoff">College Football Playoff</a> rankings, jumping the two Big 12 teams in playoff contention, Baylor and TCU, qualifying for the inaugural four-team postseason tournament. They played #1 <a href="/wiki/2014_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a> in the semifinal <a href="/wiki/2015_Sugar_Bowl" title="2015 Sugar Bowl">Sugar Bowl</a>. Despite being nine-point underdogs and trailing by as much as 15 points in the first half, Ohio State came back to win, 42–35. The Buckeyes then faced Heisman Trophy winner <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Mariota" title="Marcus Mariota">Marcus Mariota</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2014_Oregon_Ducks_football_team" title="2014 Oregon Ducks football team">Oregon Ducks</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2015_College_Football_Playoff_National_Championship" title="2015 College Football Playoff National Championship">College Football Playoff National Championship</a>. The Buckeyes were again underdogs as the #2-ranked Ducks were favored by seven points. Despite giving up four turnovers, Ohio State beat Oregon, 42–20, with MVP performances from running back <a href="/wiki/Ezekiel_Elliott" title="Ezekiel Elliott">Ezekiel Elliott</a> and safety Tyvis Powell. The victory marked the eighth <a href="/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS" title="College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS">national championship</a> in Ohio State's history and gave Meyer his third career national title, following his two with Florida. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2018_season">2018 season</h4></div> <p>On August 1, 2018, Meyer was placed on paid <a href="/wiki/Administrative_leave" title="Administrative leave">administrative leave</a> by Ohio State after reports surfaced that Meyer knew about spousal abuse allegations against assistant coach Zach Smith prior to Smith's firing the week prior.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After an independent investigative panel reviewed the evidence, the Ohio State Board of Trustees found that Meyer and Ohio State University Athletic Director <a href="/wiki/Gene_Smith_(athletic_director)" title="Gene Smith (athletic director)">Gene Smith</a> did not uphold the values of the university. On August 22, the board voted to suspend Meyer for the opening three games of the season for the Buckeyes. He missed the team's games against Oregon State, Rutgers, and TCU.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ohio State finished the year with a 12–1 record, including winning the Big Ten conference, but was not selected for the College Football Playoff, instead receiving a spot in the <a href="/wiki/2019_Rose_Bowl" title="2019 Rose Bowl">2019 Rose Bowl</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 4, 2018, Meyer announced that he would retire from coaching following the team's Rose Bowl game for health reasons. It was announced that <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Day_(American_football)" title="Ryan Day (American football)">Ryan Day</a> would take over the head coaching position immediately after the Rose Bowl.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jacksonville_Jaguars">Jacksonville Jaguars</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2021_Jacksonville_Jaguars_season" title="2021 Jacksonville Jaguars season">2021 Jacksonville Jaguars season</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Urban_Meyer_with_JAC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Urban_Meyer_with_JAC.jpg/200px-Urban_Meyer_with_JAC.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Urban_Meyer_with_JAC.jpg/300px-Urban_Meyer_with_JAC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Urban_Meyer_with_JAC.jpg/400px-Urban_Meyer_with_JAC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="982" data-file-height="1102" /></a><figcaption>Meyer with the Jaguars in 2021</figcaption></figure> <p>On January 14, 2021, Meyer was hired to become the head coach of the <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Jaguars" title="Jacksonville Jaguars">Jacksonville Jaguars</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 1, 2021, the NFL fined Meyer $100,000 for violating practice rules during organized team activities.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early October, a video appeared to show Meyer inappropriately touching a woman who was not his wife while he was at his Columbus-area restaurant, Urban Meyer's Pint House.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meyer apologized to the team and personnel. Jaguars owner <a href="/wiki/Shahid_Khan" title="Shahid Khan">Shahid Khan</a> said that Meyer's behavior had been "inexcusable" and that Meyer "must regain our trust and respect".<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Jaguars won their first regular season game on October 17 against the <a href="/wiki/2021_Miami_Dolphins_season" title="2021 Miami Dolphins season">Miami Dolphins</a> by a score of 23–20.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Jaguars won their second regular season game when they defeated the heavily favored <a href="/wiki/2021_Buffalo_Bills_season" title="2021 Buffalo Bills season">Buffalo Bills</a> by a score of 9–6 on November 7.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Toward the end of the 2021 season, Jaguars players and coaches were critical of Meyer's treatment of them, to which the team officially responded with assertions of Meyer's job security.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 15, former Jaguars <a href="/wiki/Placekicker" title="Placekicker">kicker</a> <a href="/wiki/Josh_Lambo" title="Josh Lambo">Josh Lambo</a> publicly accused Meyer of physical abuse, saying that Meyer repeatedly kicked Lambo's leg during warmups prior to the team's final preseason game. Lambo said it was inexcusable for any boss at any workplace to strike an employee. After Lambo told Meyer never to kick him again, Lambo said Meyer responded, "I'm the head ball coach. I'll kick you whenever the fuck I want." Later that day, Lambo reported the incident to his agent, who then reported it to the Jaguars team.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within hours of these new revelations from Lambo, Jaguars owner Shahid Khan made the decision to fire Meyer from his position and informed him of this in the early hours of December 16, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meyer recorded a 2–11 (.154) record during his brief tenure. His thirteen-game tenure is tied with <a href="/wiki/Lou_Holtz" title="Lou Holtz">Lou Holtz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Petrino" title="Bobby Petrino">Bobby Petrino</a> for fourth-shortest coaching tenures in NFL history. Holtz and Petrino also were making their NFL head coaching debuts after previously being a head coach in college.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His .154 winning percentage is the worst of any non-interim head coach since <a href="/wiki/Cam_Cameron" title="Cam Cameron">Cam Cameron</a>'s .063 winning percentage with the <a href="/wiki/2007_Miami_Dolphins_season" title="2007 Miami Dolphins season">Miami Dolphins in 2007</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 26, 2022, Meyer spoke publicly for the first time about his tenure with the Jaguars on <a href="/wiki/Dan_Dakich" title="Dan Dakich">Dan Dakich</a>'s podcast <i>Don't @ Me</i>, calling it "the worst experience I've had in my professional lifetime", citing the five-game losing streak and the differences in practice time compared to college football. Meyer added that he experienced "depression", and said, "I'd stare at the ceilings and [think] 'are we doing everything possible' because I really believed we had a roster that was good enough to win games. I just don't think we did a great job."<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Spread_offense">Spread offense</h2></div> <p>When Meyer landed his first head coaching position at Bowling Green University, he travels to visit <a href="/wiki/John_L._Smith" title="John L. Smith">John L. Smith</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scott_Linehan" title="Scott Linehan">Scott Linehan</a> at University of Louisville, <a href="/wiki/Randy_Walker_(American_football_coach)" title="Randy Walker (American football coach)">Randy Walker</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kevin_R._Wilson" class="mw-redirect" title="Kevin R. Wilson">Kevin Wilson</a> at Northwestern University, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Snyder" title="Bill Snyder">Bill Snyder</a> at Kansas State a University, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Tiller" title="Joe Tiller">Joe Tiller</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jim_Chaney" title="Jim Chaney">Jim Chaney</a> at Purdue University, and <a href="/wiki/Rich_Rodriguez" title="Rich Rodriguez">Rich Rodriguez</a> at West Virginia University, all of whom ran some version of the <a href="/wiki/Spread_offense" title="Spread offense">spread offense</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cbrown120208_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbrown120208-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meyer's teams at Bowling Green, Utah, Florida, and Ohio State all ran the spread, chiefly utilizing a run-first variation most similar to Rodriguez's at West Virginia, but with tweaks to fit the offensive personnel. For example, Meyer's first two years at Florida skewed toward a drop-back passing attack led by <a href="/wiki/Chris_Leak" title="Chris Leak">Chris Leak</a>, while Tim Tebow led an option run-based spread (as did Alex Smith at Utah).<sup id="cite_ref-cbrown120208_34-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbrown120208-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Using this offense, he won two BCS titles, won the inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship, became the first coach to lead a BCS non-automatically qualified conference team (Utah) to a BCS bowl,<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> coached a <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a> winner (<a href="/wiki/Tim_Tebow" title="Tim Tebow">Tim Tebow</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and graduated a player who became a number one overall pick in the NFL draft (Alex Smith).<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_tree">Coaching tree</h2></div> <p>Assistant coaches under Meyer who became NCAA or NFL head coaches:<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Addazio" title="Steve Addazio">Steve Addazio</a>: <a href="/wiki/Temple_Owls_football" title="Temple Owls football">Temple</a> (2011–2012), <a href="/wiki/Boston_College_Eagles_football" title="Boston College Eagles football">Boston College</a> (2013–2019), <a href="/wiki/Colorado_State_Rams_football" title="Colorado State Rams football">Colorado State</a> (2020–2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Andersen" title="Gary Andersen">Gary Andersen</a>: <a href="/wiki/Utah_State_Aggies_football" title="Utah State Aggies football">Utah State</a> (2009–2012; 2019–2020), <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Badgers_football" title="Wisconsin Badgers football">Wisconsin</a> (2013–2014), <a href="/wiki/Oregon_State_Beavers_football" title="Oregon State Beavers football">Oregon State</a> (2015–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Ash" title="Chris Ash">Chris Ash</a>: <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football" title="Rutgers Scarlet Knights football">Rutgers</a> (2016–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Beck_(American_football,_born_1966)" title="Tim Beck (American football, born 1966)">Tim Beck</a>: <a href="/wiki/Coastal_Carolina_Chanticleers_football" title="Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football">Coastal Carolina</a> (2023–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Beckman" title="Tim Beckman">Tim Beckman</a>: <a href="/wiki/Toledo_Rockets_football" title="Toledo Rockets football">Toledo</a> (2009–2011), <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football" title="Illinois Fighting Illini football">Illinois</a> (2012–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregg_Brandon" title="Gregg Brandon">Gregg Brandon</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green_Falcons_football" title="Bowling Green Falcons football">Bowling Green</a> (2003–2008), <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Mines_Orediggers_football" title="Colorado Mines Orediggers football">Colorado Mines</a> (2015–2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Day_(American_football)" title="Ryan Day (American football)">Ryan Day</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football" title="Ohio State Buckeyes football">Ohio State</a> (2018–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Drayton" title="Stan Drayton">Stan Drayton</a>: <a href="/wiki/Temple_Owls_football" title="Temple Owls football">Temple</a> (2022–2024)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._J._Durkin" title="D. J. Durkin">D. J. Durkin</a>: <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Terrapins_football" title="Maryland Terrapins football">Maryland</a> (2016–2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Fickell" title="Luke Fickell">Luke Fickell</a>: <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bearcats_football" title="Cincinnati Bearcats football">Cincinnati</a> (2017–2022), <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Badgers_football" title="Wisconsin Badgers football">Wisconsin</a> (2023-present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cody_Hawkins" title="Cody Hawkins">Cody Hawkins</a>: <a href="/wiki/Idaho_State_Bengals_football" title="Idaho State Bengals football">Idaho State</a> (2023–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Herman" title="Tom Herman">Tom Herman</a>: <a href="/wiki/Houston_Cougars_football" title="Houston Cougars football">Houston</a> (2015–2016), <a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_football" title="Texas Longhorns football">Texas</a> (2017–2020), <a href="/wiki/Florida_Atlantic_Owls_football" title="Florida Atlantic Owls football">Florida Atlantic</a> (2023-2024)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Hill_(American_football)" title="Jay Hill (American football)">Jay Hill</a>: <a href="/wiki/Weber_State_Wildcats_football" title="Weber State Wildcats football">Weber State</a> (2014–2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doc_Holliday_(American_football)" title="Doc Holliday (American football)">Doc Holliday</a>: <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Thundering_Herd_football" title="Marshall Thundering Herd football">Marshall</a> (2010–2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scot_Loeffler" title="Scot Loeffler">Scot Loeffler</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green_Falcons_football" title="Bowling Green Falcons football">Bowling Green</a> (2019–2024)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_McCarney" title="Dan McCarney">Dan McCarney</a>: <a href="/wiki/North_Texas_Mean_Green_football" title="North Texas Mean Green football">North Texas</a> (2011–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Mullen" title="Dan Mullen">Dan Mullen</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_State_Bulldogs_football" title="Mississippi State Bulldogs football">Mississippi State</a> (2009–2017), <a href="/wiki/Florida_Gators_football" title="Florida Gators football">Florida</a> (2018–2021), <a href="/wiki/UNLV_Rebels_football" title="UNLV Rebels football">UNLV</a> (2025-present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Sanford_Sr." title="Mike Sanford Sr.">Mike Sanford Sr.</a>: <a href="/wiki/UNLV_Rebels_football" title="UNLV Rebels football">UNLV</a> (2005–2009), <a href="/wiki/Indiana_State_Sycamores_football" title="Indiana State Sycamores football">Indiana State</a> (2013–2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Schiano" title="Greg Schiano">Greg Schiano</a>: <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football" title="Rutgers Scarlet Knights football">Rutgers</a> (2020–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Schottenheimer" title="Brian Schottenheimer">Brian Schottenheimer</a>: <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a> (2025–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Strong" title="Charlie Strong">Charlie Strong</a>: <a href="/wiki/Louisville_Cardinals_football" title="Louisville Cardinals football">Louisville</a> (2010–2013), <a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_football" title="Texas Longhorns football">Texas</a> (2014–2016), <a href="/wiki/South_Florida_Bulls_football" title="South Florida Bulls football">South Florida</a> (2017–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Vrabel" title="Mike Vrabel">Mike Vrabel</a>: <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Titans" title="Tennessee Titans">Tennessee Titans</a> (2018–2023), <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a> (2025-present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Whittingham" title="Kyle Whittingham">Kyle Whittingham</a>: <a href="/wiki/Utah_Utes_football" title="Utah Utes football">Utah</a> (2005–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Wilson_(American_football)" title="Kevin Wilson (American football)">Kevin Wilson</a>: <a href="/wiki/Tulsa_Golden_Hurricane_football" title="Tulsa Golden Hurricane football">Tulsa</a> (2023–2024)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Withers" title="Everett Withers">Everett Withers</a>: <a href="/wiki/James_Madison_Dukes_football" title="James Madison Dukes football">James Madison</a> (2014–2015), <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Bobcats_football" title="Texas State Bobcats football">Texas State</a> (2016–2018)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Head_coaching_record">Head coaching record</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="College">College</h3></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Team </th> <th>Overall </th> <th>Conference</th> <th>Standing </th> <th>Bowl/playoffs </th> <th>Coaches<sup>#</sup> </th> <th>AP<sup>°</sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;text-align:center;" colspan="9"><b><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green_Falcons_football" title="Bowling Green Falcons football">Bowling Green Falcons</a></b> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Mid-American_Conference" title="Mid-American Conference">Mid-American Conference</a>)</i> <small>(2001–2002)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2001_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season" title="2001 NCAA Division I-A football season">2001</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2001_Bowling_Green_Falcons_football_team" title="2001 Bowling Green Falcons football team">Bowling Green</a> </td> <td>8–3</td> <td>5–3</td> <td>T–3rd <small>(East)</small><sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right"></td> <td style="text-align:right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2002_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season" title="2002 NCAA Division I-A football season">2002</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2002_Bowling_Green_Falcons_football_team" title="2002 Bowling Green Falcons football team">Bowling Green</a> </td> <td>9–3</td> <td>6–2</td> <td>3rd <small>(East)</small></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right"></td> <td style="text-align:right"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fafafa; border-top: 2px solid #aaaaaa;"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" scope="row"><b>Bowling Green:</b> </td> <td>17–6</td> <td>11–5</td> <td colspan="5"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;text-align:center;" colspan="9"><b><a href="/wiki/Utah_Utes_football" title="Utah Utes football">Utah Utes</a></b> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Mountain_West_Conference" title="Mountain West Conference">Mountain West Conference</a>)</i> <small>(2003–2004)</small> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#ff9"> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2003_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season" title="2003 NCAA Division I-A football season">2003</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2003_Utah_Utes_football_team" title="2003 Utah Utes football team">Utah</a> </td> <td>10–2</td> <td>6–1</td> <td>1st</td> <td><b>W</b> <a href="/wiki/2003_Liberty_Bowl" title="2003 Liberty Bowl">Liberty</a></td> <td style="text-align:right">21</td> <td style="text-align:right">21 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#ff9"> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2004_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season" title="2004 NCAA Division I-A football season">2004</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_Utah_Utes_football_team" title="2004 Utah Utes football team">Utah</a> </td> <td>12–0</td> <td>7–0</td> <td>1st</td> <td><b>W</b> <a href="/wiki/2005_Fiesta_Bowl" title="2005 Fiesta Bowl">Fiesta</a><sup>†</sup></td> <td style="text-align:right">5</td> <td style="text-align:right">4 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fafafa; border-top: 2px solid #aaaaaa;"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" scope="row"><b>Utah:</b> </td> <td>22–2</td> <td>13–1</td> <td colspan="5"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;text-align:center;" colspan="9"><b><a href="/wiki/Florida_Gators_football" title="Florida Gators football">Florida Gators</a></b> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">Southeastern Conference</a>)</i> <small>(2005–2010)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2005_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season" title="2005 NCAA Division I-A football season">2005</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="2005 Florida Gators football team">Florida</a> </td> <td>9–3</td> <td>5–3</td> <td>T–2nd <small>(Eastern)</small></td> <td><b>W</b> <a href="/wiki/2006_Outback_Bowl" title="2006 Outback Bowl">Outback</a></td> <td style="text-align:right">16</td> <td style="text-align:right">12 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fc6"> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2006_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2006</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2006_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="2006 Florida Gators football team">Florida</a> </td> <td>13–1</td> <td>7–1</td> <td>1st <small>(Eastern)</small></td> <td><b>W</b> <a href="/wiki/2007_BCS_National_Championship_Game" title="2007 BCS National Championship Game">BCS NCG</a><sup>†</sup></td> <td style="text-align:right">1</td> <td style="text-align:right">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2007_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2007</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="2007 Florida Gators football team">Florida</a> </td> <td>9–4</td> <td>5–3</td> <td>3rd <small>(Eastern)</small></td> <td><b>L</b> <a href="/wiki/2008_Capital_One_Bowl" title="2008 Capital One Bowl">Capital One</a></td> <td style="text-align:right">16</td> <td style="text-align:right">13 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fc6"> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2008_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2008</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="2008 Florida Gators football team">Florida</a> </td> <td>13–1</td> <td>7–1</td> <td>1st <small>(Eastern)</small></td> <td><b>W</b> <a href="/wiki/2009_BCS_National_Championship_Game" title="2009 BCS National Championship Game">BCS NCG</a><sup>†</sup></td> <td style="text-align:right">1</td> <td style="text-align:right">1 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bff"> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2009_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2009</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="2009 Florida Gators football team">Florida</a> </td> <td>13–1</td> <td>8–0</td> <td>1st <small>(Eastern)</small></td> <td><b>W</b> <a href="/wiki/2010_Sugar_Bowl" title="2010 Sugar Bowl">Sugar</a><sup>†</sup></td> <td style="text-align:right">3</td> <td style="text-align:right">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2010</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="2010 Florida Gators football team">Florida</a> </td> <td>8–5</td> <td>4–4</td> <td>2nd <small>(Eastern)</small></td> <td><b>W</b> <a href="/wiki/2011_Outback_Bowl" title="2011 Outback Bowl">Outback</a></td> <td style="text-align:right"></td> <td style="text-align:right"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fafafa; border-top: 2px solid #aaaaaa;"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" scope="row"><b>Florida:</b> </td> <td>65–15</td> <td>36–12</td> <td colspan="5"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;text-align:center;" colspan="9"><b><a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football" title="Ohio State Buckeyes football">Ohio State Buckeyes</a></b> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a>)</i> <small>(2012–2018)</small> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bff"> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2012_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2012</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2012 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> </td> <td>12–0</td> <td>8–0</td> <td>1st <small>(Leaders)</small></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-2012season_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012season-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="text-align:right"><sup id="cite_ref-2012season_105-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012season-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="text-align:right">3 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bff"> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2013_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2013</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2013_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> </td> <td>12–2</td> <td>8–0</td> <td>1st <small>(Leaders)</small></td> <td><b>L</b> <a href="/wiki/2014_Orange_Bowl_(January)" title="2014 Orange Bowl (January)">Orange</a><sup>†</sup></td> <td style="text-align:right">10</td> <td style="text-align:right">12 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fc6"> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2014_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2014</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2014 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> </td> <td>14–1</td> <td>8–0</td> <td>1st <small>(East)</small></td> <td><b>W</b> <a href="/wiki/2015_Sugar_Bowl" title="2015 Sugar Bowl">Sugar</a><sup>†</sup>, <b>W</b> <a href="/wiki/2015_College_Football_Playoff_National_Championship" title="2015 College Football Playoff National Championship">CFP NCG</a><sup>†</sup></td> <td style="text-align:right">1</td> <td style="text-align:right">1 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bff"> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2015_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2015</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2015 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> </td> <td>12–1</td> <td>7–1</td> <td>T–1st <small>(East)</small></td> <td><b>W</b> <a href="/wiki/2016_Fiesta_Bowl_(January)" title="2016 Fiesta Bowl (January)">Fiesta</a><sup>†</sup></td> <td style="text-align:right">4</td> <td style="text-align:right">4 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bff"> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2016_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2016</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2016 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> </td> <td>11–2</td> <td>8–1</td> <td>T–1st<small> (East)</small></td> <td><b>L</b> <a href="/wiki/2016_Fiesta_Bowl_(December)" title="2016 Fiesta Bowl (December)">Fiesta</a><sup>†</sup></td> <td style="text-align:right">6</td> <td style="text-align:right">6 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#ff9"> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2017_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2017</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2017 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> </td> <td>12–2</td> <td>8–1</td> <td>1st <small>(East)</small></td> <td><b>W</b> <a href="/wiki/2017_Cotton_Bowl_Classic_(December)" title="2017 Cotton Bowl Classic (December)">Cotton</a><sup>†</sup></td> <td style="text-align:right">5</td> <td style="text-align:right">5 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#ff9"> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2018_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2018</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2018 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a> </td> <td>10–1<sup id="cite_ref-2018season_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2018season-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>7–1<sup id="cite_ref-2018season_106-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2018season-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>T–1st <small>(East)</small></td> <td><b>W</b> <a href="/wiki/2019_Rose_Bowl" title="2019 Rose Bowl">Rose</a><sup>†</sup></td> <td style="text-align:right">3</td> <td style="text-align:right">3 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fafafa; border-top: 2px solid #aaaaaa;"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" scope="row"><b>Ohio State:</b> </td> <td>83–9</td> <td>54–4</td> <td colspan="5"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#dddddd"> <td colspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center"><b>Total:</b></td> <td>187–32</td> <td colspan="7"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9"><small><span style="background-color:#ffcc66; width:50px; border:1px solid #000000">     </span> National championship   <span style="background-color:#ffff99; width:50px; border:1px solid #000000">     </span> Conference title   <span style="background-color:#bbffff; width:50px; border:1px solid #000000">     </span> Conference division title or championship game berth</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" style="font-size:85%"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><sup>†</sup>Indicates <a href="/wiki/Bowl_Championship_Series" title="Bowl Championship Series">BCS</a> or <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Playoff" title="College Football Playoff">CFP / New Years' Six</a> bowl.</li> <li><sup>#</sup>Rankings from final <a href="/wiki/Coaches_Poll" title="Coaches Poll">Coaches Poll</a>.</li> <li><sup>°</sup>Rankings from final <a href="/wiki/AP_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="AP Poll">AP Poll</a>.</li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NFL">NFL</h3></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Team</th> <th rowspan="2">Year</th> <th colspan="5">Regular season</th> <th colspan="4">Postseason </th></tr> <tr> <th>Won</th> <th>Lost</th> <th>Ties</th> <th>Win %</th> <th>Finish</th> <th>Won</th> <th>Lost</th> <th>Win %</th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2021_Jacksonville_Jaguars_season" title="2021 Jacksonville Jaguars season">JAX</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2021_NFL_season" title="2021 NFL season">2021</a> </th> <td>2</td> <td>11</td> <td>0</td> <td>.154</td> <td>Fired</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total</th> <th>2</th> <th>11</th> <th>0</th> <th>.154</th> <th></th> <th>0</th> <th>0</th> <th>.000</th> <th> </th></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Urban_Meyer_Big_Noon_Kickoff.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Urban_Meyer_Big_Noon_Kickoff.jpg/220px-Urban_Meyer_Big_Noon_Kickoff.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Urban_Meyer_Big_Noon_Kickoff.jpg/330px-Urban_Meyer_Big_Noon_Kickoff.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Urban_Meyer_Big_Noon_Kickoff.jpg/440px-Urban_Meyer_Big_Noon_Kickoff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="1667" /></a><figcaption>Meyer on the set of <a href="/wiki/Big_Noon_Kickoff" title="Big Noon Kickoff">Big Noon Kickoff</a> in 2024</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div> <p>While studying at University of Cincinnati, Meyer met Shelley Mather, a freshman nursing student, at <a href="/wiki/Sigma_Chi" title="Sigma Chi">Sigma Chi's</a> Derby Days philanthropy event. They married in 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-gatorzonemeyerbio_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gatorzonemeyerbio-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-denisemeyerchat_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-denisemeyerchat-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Meyers have three children: Nicole ("Nicki"), Gisela ("Gigi") and Nathan ("Nate").<sup id="cite_ref-gatorzonemeyerbio_15-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gatorzonemeyerbio-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His daughters played Division I volleyball: Nicki played for <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets" title="Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets">Georgia Tech</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Gigi played for <a href="/wiki/Florida_Gulf_Coast_University" title="Florida Gulf Coast University">Florida Gulf Coast</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is a practicing Roman Catholic.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ohio_State_University_people" title="List of Ohio State University people">List of Ohio State University people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sigma_Chi_members" title="List of Sigma Chi members">List of Sigma Chi members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_University_of_Cincinnati_people" title="List of University of Cincinnati people">List of University of Cincinnati people</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2012season-105"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-2012season_105-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2012season_105-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">In 2012, Ohio State was ineligible for the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a> title, postseason play, and the <a href="/wiki/Coaches_Poll" title="Coaches Poll">Coaches Poll</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2018season-106"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-2018season_106-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2018season_106-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Meyer was placed on administrative leave for the first three games of the 2018 season. Offensive coordinator <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Day_(American_football)" title="Ryan Day (American football)">Ryan Day</a> served as acting head coach in his absence, and Ohio State credits the first three games to Day and the final 11 games to Meyer. Under Day, the Buckeyes won all three contests, one of which was a conference game. Ohio State finished with a record of 13–1 and conference mark of 8–1.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/MeyeUr0.htm">"Urban Meyer head coaching record"</a>. <i>pro-football-reference.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved September 1, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cfbdwmeyerrecord-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-cfbdwmeyerrecord_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cfbdwmeyerrecord_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cfbdwmeyerrecord_16-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">College Football Data Warehouse, All-Time Coaching Records, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=1608">Urban Meyer Records by Year</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100215082855/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=1608">Archived</a> February 15, 2010, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. 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Pyle">George E. Pyle</a> (1909–1913)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/C._J._McCoy" title="C. J. McCoy">C. J. McCoy</a> (1914–1916)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alfred_L._Buser" title="Alfred L. Buser">Alfred L. Buser</a> (1917–1919)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_G._Kline" title="William G. Kline">William G. Kline</a> (1920–1922)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Van_Fleet" title="James Van Fleet">James Van Fleet</a> (1923–1924)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Sebring" title="Harold Sebring">Harold Sebring</a> (1925–1927)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Bachman" title="Charlie Bachman">Charlie Bachman</a> (1928–1932)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dennis_K._Stanley" title="Dennis K. Stanley">Dennis K. Stanley</a> (1933–1935)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Josh_Cody" title="Josh Cody">Josh Cody</a> (1936–1939)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Lieb" title="Tom Lieb">Tom Lieb</a> (1940–1942)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No team</i> (1943)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Lieb" title="Tom Lieb">Tom Lieb</a> (1944–1945)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Wolf" title="Raymond Wolf">Raymond Wolf</a> (1946–1949)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Woodruff_(American_football)" title="Bob Woodruff (American football)">Bob Woodruff</a> (1950–1959)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ray_Graves" title="Ray Graves">Ray Graves</a> (1960–1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Doug_Dickey" title="Doug Dickey">Doug Dickey</a> (1970–1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charley_Pell" title="Charley Pell">Charley Pell</a> (1979–1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Galen_Hall" title="Galen Hall">Galen Hall</a> (1984–1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gary_Darnell" title="Gary Darnell">Gary Darnell</a> # (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Spurrier" title="Steve Spurrier">Steve Spurrier</a> (1990–2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Zook" title="Ron Zook">Ron Zook</a> (2002–2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Strong" title="Charlie Strong">Charlie Strong</a> # (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Urban Meyer</a> (2005–2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Will_Muschamp" title="Will Muschamp">Will Muschamp</a> (2011–2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/D._J._Durkin" title="D. J. Durkin">D. J. Durkin</a> # (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_McElwain" title="Jim McElwain">Jim McElwain</a> (2015–2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Randy_Shannon" title="Randy Shannon">Randy Shannon</a> # (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Mullen" title="Dan Mullen">Dan Mullen</a> (2018–2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Greg_Knox" title="Greg Knox">Greg Knox</a> # (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Napier" title="Billy Napier">Billy Napier</a> (2022– )</span></li></ul> <p><i># denotes interim head coach</i> </p> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Ohio_State_Buckeyes_head_football_coaches128" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#CE0F3D;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #B0B7BC, inset -2px -2px 0 #B0B7BC;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_coach_navbox" title="Template:Ohio State Buckeyes football coach navbox"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:white">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_coach_navbox" title="Template talk:Ohio State Buckeyes football coach navbox"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:white">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_coach_navbox" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Ohio State Buckeyes football coach navbox"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:white">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Ohio_State_Buckeyes_head_football_coaches128" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_head_football_coaches" title="List of Ohio State Buckeyes head football coaches"><span style="color:white">Ohio State Buckeyes head football coaches</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_S._Lilley" title="Alexander S. Lilley">Alexander S. Lilley</a> (1890–1891)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ryder_(American_football)" title="Jack Ryder (American football)">Jack Ryder</a> (1892–1895)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Hickey" title="Charles A. Hickey">Charles A. Hickey</a> (1896)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Farragut_Edwards" title="David Farragut Edwards">David Farragut Edwards</a> (1897)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ryder_(American_football)" title="Jack Ryder (American football)">Jack Ryder</a> (1898)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_B._Eckstorm" title="John B. Eckstorm">John B. Eckstorm</a> (1899–1901)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Perry_Hale" title="Perry Hale">Perry Hale</a> (1902–1903)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Sweetland" title="Edwin Sweetland">Edwin Sweetland</a> (1904–1905)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Albert_E._Herrnstein" title="Albert E. Herrnstein">Albert E. Herrnstein</a> (1906–1909)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Howard_Jones_(American_football_coach)" title="Howard Jones (American football coach)">Howard Jones</a> (1910)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Vaughan_(American_football)" title="Harry Vaughan (American football)">Harry Vaughan</a> (1911)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_R._Richards" title="John R. Richards">John R. Richards</a> (1912)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Wilce" title="John Wilce">John Wilce</a> (1913–1928)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Willaman" title="Sam Willaman">Sam Willaman</a> (1929–1933)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Francis_Schmidt" title="Francis Schmidt">Francis Schmidt</a> (1934–1940)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Brown" title="Paul Brown">Paul Brown</a> (1941–1943)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carroll_Widdoes" title="Carroll Widdoes">Carroll Widdoes</a> (1944–1945)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Bixler" title="Paul Bixler">Paul Bixler</a> (1946)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wes_Fesler" title="Wes Fesler">Wes Fesler</a> (1947–1950)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Woody_Hayes" title="Woody Hayes">Woody Hayes</a> (1951–1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Earle_Bruce" title="Earle Bruce">Earle Bruce</a> (1979–1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Cooper_(American_football)" title="John Cooper (American football)">John Cooper</a> (1988–2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Tressel" title="Jim Tressel">Jim Tressel</a> (2001–2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Luke_Fickell" title="Luke Fickell">Luke Fickell</a> # (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Urban Meyer</a> (2012–2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Day_(American_football)" title="Ryan Day (American football)">Ryan Day</a> # (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Day_(American_football)" title="Ryan Day (American football)">Ryan Day</a> (2019– )</span></li></ul> <p><i># denotes interim/acting head coach</i> </p> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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title="Tom Coughlin">Tom Coughlin</a> (1995–2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Del_Rio" title="Jack Del Rio">Jack Del Rio</a> (2003–2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mel_Tucker" title="Mel Tucker">Mel Tucker</a> # (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Mularkey" title="Mike Mularkey">Mike Mularkey</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gus_Bradley" title="Gus Bradley">Gus Bradley</a> (2013–2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Doug_Marrone" title="Doug Marrone">Doug Marrone</a> (2016–2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Urban Meyer</a> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Darrell_Bevell" title="Darrell Bevell">Darrell Bevell</a> # (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Doug_Pederson" title="Doug Pederson">Doug Pederson</a> (2022–2024)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a 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href="/wiki/Dallas_Baker" title="Dallas Baker">Dallas Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyan_Boateng" title="Nyan Boateng">Nyan Boateng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andre_Caldwell" title="Andre Caldwell">Andre Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Cohen" title="Joe Cohen">Joe Cohen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riley_Cooper" title="Riley Cooper">Riley Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jemalle_Cornelius" title="Jemalle Cornelius">Jemalle Cornelius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jermaine_Cunningham" title="Jermaine Cunningham">Jermaine Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Everett" title="Earl Everett">Earl Everett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Harris_(defensive_tackle)" title="Steven Harris (defensive tackle)">Steven Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derrick_Harvey" title="Derrick Harvey">Derrick Harvey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Percy_Harvin" title="Percy Harvin">Percy Harvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Hurt" title="Maurice Hurt">Maurice Hurt</a></li> <li><a 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title="Lou Holtz">Holtz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Bill_McCartney" title="Bill McCartney">McCartney</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Ross" title="Bobby Ross">Ross</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Don_James_(American_football)" title="Don James (American football)">James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Gene_Stallings" title="Gene Stallings">Stallings</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Terry_Bowden" title="Terry Bowden">Bowden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Rich_Brooks" title="Rich Brooks">Brooks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Barnett" title="Gary Barnett">Barnett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Snyder" title="Bruce Snyder">Snyder</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Price" title="Mike Price">Price</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Phillip_Fulmer" title="Phillip Fulmer">Fulmer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Beamer" title="Frank Beamer">Beamer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Stoops" title="Bob Stoops">Stoops</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Friedgen" title="Ralph Friedgen">Friedgen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Tressel" title="Jim Tressel">Tressel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Nick_Saban" title="Nick Saban">Saban</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Meyer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Weis" title="Charlie Weis">Weis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Greg_Schiano" title="Greg Schiano">Schiano</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Mangino" title="Mark Mangino">Mangino</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Nick_Saban" title="Nick Saban">Saban</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Patterson" title="Gary Patterson">Patterson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Chip_Kelly" title="Chip Kelly">C. Kelly</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Gundy" title="Mike Gundy">Gundy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Brian_Kelly_(American_football_coach)" title="Brian Kelly (American football coach)">B. Kelly</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Gus_Malzahn" title="Gus Malzahn">Malzahn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Patterson" title="Gary Patterson">Patterson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Kirk_Ferentz" title="Kirk Ferentz">Ferentz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Mike_MacIntyre" title="Mike MacIntyre">MacIntyre</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Scott_Frost" title="Scott Frost">Frost</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clark_(American_football)" title="Bill Clark (American football)">Clark</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Ed_Orgeron" title="Ed Orgeron">Orgeron</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Jamey_Chadwell" title="Jamey Chadwell">Chadwell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Luke_Fickell" title="Luke Fickell">Fickell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Dykes" title="Sonny Dykes">Dykes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Kalen_DeBoer" title="Kalen DeBoer">DeBoer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2024: <a href="/wiki/Curt_Cignetti" title="Curt Cignetti">Cignetti</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="George_Munger_Award_winners1329" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link 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href="/wiki/Phillip_Fulmer" title="Phillip Fulmer">Fulmer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Beamer" title="Frank Beamer">Beamer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Stoops" title="Bob Stoops">Stoops</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Friedgen" title="Ralph Friedgen">Friedgen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Tyrone_Willingham" title="Tyrone Willingham">Willingham</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Carroll" title="Pete Carroll">Carroll</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Meyer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <s><a href="/wiki/Joe_Paterno" title="Joe Paterno">Paterno</a></s></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Greg_Schiano" title="Greg Schiano">Schiano</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Mangino" title="Mark Mangino">Mangino</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Leach_(American_football_coach)" title="Mike Leach (American football coach)">Leach</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Patterson" title="Gary Patterson">Patterson</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Beamer" title="Frank Beamer">Beamer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Brady_Hoke" title="Brady Hoke">Hoke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Bill_O%27Brien_(American_football)" title="Bill O'Brien (American football)">O'Brien</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/David_Cutcliffe" title="David Cutcliffe">Cutcliffe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Dan_Mullen" title="Dan Mullen">Mullen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Dabo_Swinney" title="Dabo Swinney">Swinney</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Nick_Saban" title="Nick Saban">Saban</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Kirby_Smart" title="Kirby Smart">Smart</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Monken" title="Jeff Monken">Monken</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Ed_Orgeron" title="Ed Orgeron">Orgeron</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Jamey_Chadwell" title="Jamey Chadwell">Chadwell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Aranda" title="Dave Aranda">Aranda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Willie_Fritz" title="Willie Fritz">Fritz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Kalen_DeBoer" title="Kalen DeBoer">DeBoer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2024: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Freeman" title="Marcus Freeman">Freeman</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Price" title="Mike Price">Price</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Phillip_Fulmer" title="Phillip Fulmer">Fulmer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Solich" title="Frank Solich">Solich</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Stoops" title="Bob Stoops">Stoops</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Friedgen" title="Ralph Friedgen">Friedgen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Tyrone_Willingham" title="Tyrone Willingham">Willingham</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Carroll" title="Pete Carroll">Carroll</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Meyer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Paterno" title="Joe Paterno">Paterno</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Greg_Schiano" title="Greg Schiano">Schiano</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Mangino" title="Mark Mangino">Mangino</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Nick_Saban" title="Nick Saban">Saban</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Brian_Kelly_(American_football_coach)" title="Brian Kelly (American football coach)">Kelly</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Gene_Chizik" title="Gene Chizik">Chizik</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Les_Miles" title="Les Miles">Miles</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Brian_Kelly_(American_football_coach)" title="Brian Kelly (American football coach)">Kelly</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Gus_Malzahn" title="Gus Malzahn">Malzahn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Patterson" title="Gary Patterson">Patterson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Dabo_Swinney" title="Dabo Swinney">Swinney</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Mike_MacIntyre" title="Mike MacIntyre">MacIntyre</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Scott_Frost" title="Scott Frost">Frost</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Brian_Kelly_(American_football_coach)" title="Brian Kelly (American football coach)">Kelly</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Ed_Orgeron" title="Ed Orgeron">Orgeron</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Jamey_Chadwell" title="Jamey Chadwell">Chadwell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Luke_Fickell" title="Luke Fickell">Fickell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Dykes" title="Sonny Dykes">Dykes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Kalen_DeBoer" title="Kalen DeBoer">DeBoer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2024: <a href="/wiki/Curt_Cignetti" title="Curt Cignetti">Cignetti</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="The_Sporting_News_College_Football_Coach_of_the_Year_winners2424" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:The_Sporting_News_College_Football_Coach_of_the_Year" title="Template:The 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Royal" title="Darrell Royal">Royal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Broyles" title="Frank Broyles">Broyles</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Duffy_Daugherty" title="Duffy Daugherty">Daugherty</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Ara_Parseghian" title="Ara Parseghian">Parseghian</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/John_Pont" title="John Pont">Pont</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Woody_Hayes" title="Woody Hayes">Hayes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Royal" title="Darrell Royal">Royal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/John_Ralston_(American_football)" title="John Ralston (American football)">Ralston</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Fairbanks" title="Chuck Fairbanks">Fairbanks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/John_McKay_(American_football)" title="John McKay (American football)">McKay</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Barry_Switzer" title="Barry Switzer">Switzer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Claiborne" title="Jerry Claiborne">Claiborne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Emory_Bellard" title="Emory Bellard">Bellard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Majors" title="Johnny Majors">Majors</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Lou_Holtz" title="Lou Holtz">Holtz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Darryl_Rogers" title="Darryl Rogers">Rogers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/John_Mackovic" title="John Mackovic">Mackovic</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Vince_Dooley" title="Vince Dooley">Dooley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Hayden_Fry" title="Hayden Fry">Fry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/George_MacIntyre" title="George MacIntyre">MacIntyre</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Mike_White_(American_football_coach)" title="Mike White (American football coach)">White</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Wacker" title="Jim Wacker">Wacker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Bo_Schembechler" title="Bo Schembechler">Schembechler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/John_Cooper_(American_football)" title="John Cooper (American football)">Cooper</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Dick_MacPherson" title="Dick MacPherson">MacPherson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Lou_Holtz" title="Lou Holtz">Holtz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: No Award</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Ross" title="Bobby Ross">Ross</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Don_James_(American_football)" title="Don James (American football)">James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Erickson" title="Dennis Erickson">Erickson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Terry_Bowden" title="Terry Bowden">Bowden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Rich_Brooks" title="Rich Brooks">Brooks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Barnett" title="Gary Barnett">Barnett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Snyder" title="Bruce Snyder">Br. Snyder</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Price" title="Mike Price">Price</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Phillip_Fulmer" title="Phillip Fulmer">Fulmer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/June_Jones" title="June Jones">J. Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Erickson" title="Dennis Erickson">Erickson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Friedgen" title="Ralph Friedgen">Friedgen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Tressel" title="Jim Tressel">Tressel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Meyer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Tuberville" title="Tommy Tuberville">Tuberville</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Paterno" title="Joe Paterno">Paterno</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Grobe" title="Jim Grobe">Grobe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Mangino" title="Mark Mangino">Mangino</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Nick_Saban" title="Nick Saban">Saban</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Patterson" title="Gary Patterson">Patterson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Chip_Kelly" title="Chip Kelly">C. 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