Urban Meyer
Urban Frank Meyer (born July 10, 1964 in Toledo, Ohio ) is an American coach and former college football player . He served as the head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes from November 2011 to January 2019 , having previously worked in the same position at the University of Florida from 2005 to 2010, at the University of Utah in 2003/2004 and at Bowling Green State University in 2001/2002 was.
With the Ohio State Buckeyes , he won the Sugar Bowl, which was played as the playoff semifinals in the 2014 season, and then also the playoff final for the state championship, as well as the Fiesta Bowl in 2015 , the Cotton Bowl Classic in 2017 and the Rose Bowl in 2018 . In addition, he was able to win the BCS National Championship Game twice with the Florida Gators in the 2006 and 2008 seasons and thus the national championship as well as the Sugar Bowl in the 2009 season. With the Utah Utes he also won the Fiesta Bowl in the 2004 season.
He is one of the most successful college football coaches today and was named coach of the decade by Sports Illustrated and Sporting News in 2009.
Life
Urban Meyer was born in Toledo in 1964 . His mother fled the GDR in 1949 at the age of 13 . After graduating from high school in Ashtabula , he was committed in 1982 in the MLB Draft of the Atlanta Braves , where he played two seasons in minor league baseball . He then went to the University of Cincinnati , where he played defensive back college football from 1983 to 1986 and earned a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1986 . Two years later he earned a master's degree in sports administration from Ohio State University , where he trained the tight ends and wide receivers from 1986 to 1988 .
Other stations in his coaching career were Illinois State University ( linebacker and quarterbacks / wide receiver ) in 1988/1989 , Colorado State University (wide receiver) from 1990 to 1995 and the University of Notre Dame (wide receiver) from 1996 to 2000. . At Bowling Green State University , he got his first job as head coach in 2001 . Two years later he moved to the same position at the University of Utah , where Kyle Whittingham was named his successor in 2005 , after Urban Meyer had previously been named Head Coach of the University of Florida .
On December 26, 2009, he initially resigned from this position due to health problems, but announced his whereabouts a day later. He was then released until mid-March 2010 to take over the training of the team again. However, he announced his resignation on December 8, 2010, stating family reasons and then worked for the sports broadcaster ESPN . In November 2011, he was named head coach of the Ohio State University football team. After seven seasons, he retired from this position in early December 2018, again for health reasons, with effect from January 2019.
With a base salary of 6.4 million US dollars per year, agreed pay increases during the further term of the contract through 2020, as well as various success-related bonuses and other additional benefits, he was one of the highest-paid coaches in college football until his retirement. His contract at the University of Florida, which was last renewed in August 2009, a few months before his resignation, was based on an annual base salary of four million US dollars, up from 3.25 million US dollars a year since 2007.
Urban Meyer is a practicing Catholic . He is married and has one son and two daughters.
Sporting successes and awards
Urban Meyer won with the Ohio State Buckeyes the championship of the Big Ten Conference in the 2014 season as well as the playoff semifinals held as part of the Sugar Bowl and then the playoff final for the state championship ( College Football Playoff National Championship ). A year later, the team missed participation in the playoff for the championship, but won the Fiesta Bowl . In 2016 he reached the college football playoff with the team, but the team lost the Fiesta Bowl, which was held as a semi-finals. The following year the team again won the Big Ten Conference Championship and then the Cotton Bowl Classic . In his last season as coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes , the team was able to defend the Conference title in 2018/2019 and also win the Rose Bowl .
With the Florida Gators he was able to win the BCS National Championship Game twice in the 2006 and 2008 seasons for the national championship as well as the championship of the Southeastern Conference in both years . In the 2009 season he also won the Sugar Bowl with the Florida Gators . Tim Tebow , quarterback of the Gators from 2006 to 2010, was awarded the Heisman Trophy under Urban Meyer in 2007 and the Maxwell Award in 2007 and 2008 .
In addition, Urban Meyer won the Championship of the Mountain West Conference with the Utah Utes of the University of Utah in the 2003 and 2004 seasons and the Fiesta Bowl in the 2004 season. This made him the first coach in the history of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) to win a BCS bowl game with a team that did not come from a BCS conference . For this achievement he was named Trainer of the Year by several organizations in 2004 and has received various other awards. At conference level, he was both in the Mid-American Conference (2001) for his work with the Bowling Green Falcons , with which he achieved the highest performance increase compared to the previous season of all teams in the National Collegiate Athletic Association in 2001 , as well as in the Mountain West Conference (2003 and 2004) named Trainer of the Year for his work with the Utah Utes .
Having won a total of three state championships and seven conference championships, he is one of the most successful college football coaches today. Alongside Nick Saban, he is one of two coaches in college football history to win the national championship with two different teams.
literature
- Buddy Martin, Urban Meyer: Urban's Way: Urban Meyer, the Florida Gators, and His Plan to Win. Thomas Dunne Books, New York 2009, ISBN 0-312-60494-7
- Michael C. Lewis: Urban's Legends: Utah's 2004 Championship Season. Sports Publishing LLC, Champaign 2004, ISBN 1-59670-064-5
- Urban Meyer. In: Patrick Sheltra: 100 Things Utes Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die. Triumph Books, Chicago 2011, ISBN 1-60078-597-2 , pp. 3-7
Web links
- OhioStateBuckeyes.com - Urban Meyer (English)
- Gator Football Rooster - Urban Meyer (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Portrait on Sports Illustrated December 7, 2009, accessed May 30, 2019
- ^ Scooby Axson: Urban Meyer Stepping Down After Rose Bowl; Ryan Day To Be Named Ohio State Coach Online published by SI.com on December 4, 2018 (last accessed January 2, 2019)
- ↑ Steve Berkowitz: Raise bumps Ohio State's Urban Meyer to $ 6.4 million this season Published online by USA Today on October 10, 2017 (last accessed February 3, 2018)
- ↑ Chris Low: Gators give Meyer 6-year, $ 24M contract Published online from ESPN.com on 5th 2009 (last accessed 11th February 2012)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meyer, Urban |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meyer, Urban Frank (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American coach and former college football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toledo , Ohio , United States |