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- Urban Meyer is the greatest college football coach ever.
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Early Life of Urban Meyer
Urban Meyer was born on 10th July 1964 in Toledo, Ohio, the USA. As of 2019, he celebrated his 55th birthday. He was born to his parents/family; Bud Meyer (father) and Gisela Meyer (mother). His nationality is American and his ethnicity is White. His religion is Christian. At a small age, he began his career with football Coach. As per his education, he went to the University of Cincinnati and graduated with a degree in Bachelor of Arts. After that, he went to Ohio State University and graduated with a degree in Sports Administration in the year 1988.
Career of Urban Meyer
- In the year 2001, Urban Meyer took his very first head coaching job at Bowling Green.
- He also earned Mid-American Conference coach of the year honors.
- After two seasons at Bowling Green, he took the job at Utah in 2003.
- In the year 2004, he led the undefeated Utes to a Bowl Championship Series 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.
- In addition to this, he was recognized as the college football coach of the year by both sportswriters and television commentators in 2004.
- In 2005, he chose to become Florida's head coach and signed the 7-year contract with a fee of $14 Million.
- He coached the Gators to a 13-1 (8-1 in the SEC) record, with the one loss coming to the Auburn Tigers in the year 2006.
- The Gators managed a 9-3 regular-season record in the year 2007.
- He led the Gators to a 13-1 overall record and the BCS National Championship over Oklahoma in 2008.
- Meyer's Gators began the season ranked No. 1 by the largest margin in the history of the AP preseason poll in the year 2009.
- Florida was selected to play the undefeated Cincinnati Bearcats in the 2010 Sugar Bowl.
- He announced that he would resign the team's bowl game against Cincinnati, citing health concerns on 26th December 2009.
- Later, he resumed on 17th March 2010.
- His last game as Florida's coach was a 37-24 win in the 2011 Outback Bowl on 1st January 2011.
- After resigning as the head football coach of the Florida Gators, he worked as a college football commentator and analyst for the American television sports network ESPN.
- Meyer accepted the head coach position at Ohio State University on 28th November 2011.
- In 28th November 2011, he announced to become the head coach of Ohio State Buckeyes.
- It was reported by CBSSports on 13th April 2015 that he signed a contract extension with the Buckeyes through 2020.
- On 4th December 2018, he announced that he would retire from coaching following the team's Rose Bowl game due to health reasons.
- It was announced that Ryan Day would take over the head coaching position immediately after the Rose Bowl.
Personal Life of Urban Meyer
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Talking about the marital status of Urban Meyer, he is a married man. He was married to his beautiful wife, Shelley Mather Meyer in 1986. She is also his long-time girlfriend. The duo met each other while studying at Cincinnati. The duo is blessed with three kids named Nicole, Gisela, and Nathan. Her two daughters played Division I Volleyball, Florida Gulf Coast and his son played for Georgia Tech. At present, the duo is living a happy life without any disturbance. There is no sign of divorce between them.
Net worth of Urban Meyer
Urban Meyer is a retired American college football player and coach. Meyer served as the head coach of the Bowling Green Falcons from 2001 to 2002, the Utah Utes from 2003 to 2004, the Florida Gators from 2005 to 2010, and the Ohio State Buckeyes from 2011 until his retirement after the 2019 Rose Bowl. As of 2020, he has a net worth of $20 million and his annual salary is $5.8 million through his coaching career. As of now, he is satisfied with his earning and he is living a luxurious lifestyle without any disturbances.
Body Measurements of Urban Meyer
Urban Meyer, being at the age of 55, he maintains his body a lot. He has got a great personality with a charming smile attracting a lot of people towards him. He has got a tall height of 1.87 m. His weight consists of 74 Kg. His other body measurements will be added soon once we get information about it. Overall, he has got a healthy body.
