Urban Meyer
Title	Head coach
College	Florida
Sport	Football
Conference	SEC
Team record	31-8
Born	July 10, 1964 (1964-07-10) (age 43)
Place of birth	Ashtabula, OH
Career highlights
Overall	70-16
Bowls	5-1
Coaching stats
College Football DataWarehouse
Championships
1 National Championship (2006) 2 MWC Championships (2003, 2004) 1 SEC Championship (2006) Coach of the year
Playing career
1983-1986	Cincinnati
Position	DB
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990-1995 1996-2000 2001-2002 2003-2004 2005-present	Ohio State (TEs) Ohio State (WRs) Illinois State (OLBs) Illinois State (QBs/WRs) Colorado State (WRs) Notre Dame (WRs) Bowling Green State Utah Florida

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Contents 1 Education 2 Coaching career 2.1 Early Coaching career 2.2 University of Utah 2.3 University of Florida 2.4 Head coaching record 2.5 Awards 3 References 4 External links 5 See also

Education

Upon graduating from Ashtabula's Saint John High School, Meyer went on to play defensive back at the University of Cincinnati before earning his bachelor's degree in psychology in 1986. In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage they The University of Cincinnati is a Coeducational public Research university in Cincinnati, Ohio. A bachelor's degree is usually an Undergraduate Academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three four or in some cases and Psychology (from Greek grc ψῡχή psȳkhē, "breath life soul" and grc -λογία -logia) is an Academic and Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) During his undergraduate studies, Meyer also became a brother of the Sigma Chi Fraternity, and met his wife at Sigma Chi's Derby Days philanthropy event ^[1]. Sigma Chi ( ΣΧ) is one of the largest and oldest all-male college Greek-letter social fraternities and a Secret society. He later went on to earn his master's degree in sports administration at Ohio State University in 1988. The Ohio State University ( OSU) is a Coeducational public Research university in the state of Ohio. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Meyer was also selected in the 13th round, as a shortstop, by the Atlanta Braves in the 1982 major league baseball draft. Meyer spent two seasons playing minor league baseball in the Braves organization. ^[2]

Coaching career

A two-time National Coach of the Year, Meyer has 20 years of college coaching experience, including six as a head coach. His overall record as a head coach as of the 2007 season is 70-16 and he is 41-13 in conference play. His winning percentage (. 833) ranks seventh nationally among active college coaches during the last five years.

Early Coaching career

Meyer's first collegiate coaching position was a two-year stint as a graduate assistant at Ohio State (he had spent one year as a defensive backs coach at Saint Xavier High School in Cincinnati, OH). Saint Xavier High School (ˈzeɪvjɚ often abbreviated St X) is a private all-male, college-preparatory High school in Finneytown He then spent the next 13 years as an assistant—two at Illinois State, six at Colorado State, and finally five at Notre Dame. Illinois State University is a Public university in Normal Illinois and is the oldest public institution of Higher education in the state. Colorado State University is a public institution of higher learning located in Fort Collins, Colorado in the United States. The University of Notre Dame du Lac (or simply Notre Dame) (ˌnoʊtɚˈdeɪm is a private Roman Catholic Research university located in In 2001, Meyer took his first head coaching job at Bowling Green; in his first season there, he engineered the greatest turnaround in the NCAA, earning Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year honors in the process. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Bowling Green State University (BGSU is a public four-year institution located in Bowling Green Ohio, USA, about 20 miles south of Toledo Ohio on The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations The Mid-American Conference ( MAC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA Division I college athletic conference with a membership

University of Utah

After two seasons at Bowling Green, he took the job at Utah in 2003. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. In his first season there, Meyer was named the Mountain West Conference's Coach of the Year with a 10-2 record, the best ever for a coach's first season at Utah. The Mountain West Conference (or MWC) the youngest of the College athletic conferences affiliated with the NCAA ’s Division I FBS (I-A officially He also earned honors as The Sporting News National Coach of the Year, the first Utes coach to do so. Sporting News (previously The Sporting News, and known colloquially as TSN) is an American -based Sports Meyer's success can be attributed to his unique offensive system. The system can best be described as an offshoot of Bill Walsh's famed West Coast Offense, which relied on short, efficient pass routes and receivers making plays after the reception. William Ernest "Bill" Walsh ( November 30 1931 &ndash July 30 2007) was an American head football coach of the In American football, " West Coast Offense " ("WCO" is one of two similar but distinct offensive-strategic-systems of play (A the "Air Coryell" Meyer's base offense spreads three receivers and puts the quarterback in the shotgun. Quarterback ( QB) is a position in American and Canadian football. The shotgun formation is a formation used by the Offensive team in American and Canadian football. Then, he introduces motion in the backfield and turns it into an option attack, adding elements of the traditional run-oriented option offense. The option offense is a generic term that is used to describe a wide variety of offensive systems in American football. The option offense is a generic term that is used to describe a wide variety of offensive systems in American football.

In 2004, Meyer led the undefeated Utes to a Bowl Championship Series bid, something that had not been done by a mid-major program since the BCS' creation in 1998. Events On January 28, International Olympic Committee Vice-President Kim Un-yong is arrested on charges of corruption in Seoul The Bowl Championship Series ( BCS) is a selection system designed to give the top two teams in the NCAA FBS Bowl Subdivision System an opportunity to compete in a "national Mid-major is a term mainly used in American College basketball and College football, to describe schools not affiliated with a conference whose football Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) In the wake of this accomplishment, both the University of Florida and the University of Notre Dame vied for his services. The University of Florida ( Florida or UF) is a public land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant major Research The University of Notre Dame du Lac (or simply Notre Dame) (ˌnoʊtɚˈdeɪm is a private Roman Catholic Research university located in Meyer chose to become Florida's head coach for the 2005 season, signing a 7-year contract worth $14 million. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been He remained at Utah long enough to coach the team to a Fiesta Bowl win over Pittsburgh, capping off the Utes' first perfect season (12-0) since 1930. The Fiesta Bowl, now sponsored by Tostitos tortilla chips is a United States College football Bowl game played annually since 1971 The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a non-sectarian coeducational independent state-related, "public" research University Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

University of Florida

In 2005, his first season at Florida, Meyer's Gators team finished the season 9-3 (5-3 in the Southeastern Conference). Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The 2005 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the 2005 college football season. The Florida Gators are the athletic teams that collectively represent the University of Florida in Gainesville Florida. The Southeastern Conference (SEC is a College Athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which operates in the southeastern The season included an undefeated record at home and a bowl victory against Iowa in the Outback Bowl in Tampa, Florida. The Gators would have faced LSU in the SEC championship game, but they lost to South Carolina and former Florida coach Steve Spurrier in the SEC regular season finale. Instead the Gators' rival, the Georgia Bulldogs, took the SEC Eastern Division title to the championship game, ultimately defeating LSU. The Georgia Bulldogs are the athletic teams of The University of Georgia.

In his second season at Florida, Meyer turned the Gators' fortunes around. The 2006 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the 2006 college football season. He coached the Gators to a 13-1 (8-1 in the SEC) record, with the one loss coming on the road at Auburn, and SEC wins at home against South Carolina, Kentucky, Alabama, and LSU; on the road at Tennessee and Vanderbilt, with another win over rival Georgia. Auburn University ( AU or Auburn) is a State university located in Auburn, Alabama, U The University of South Carolina 's 19 varsity sports teams are known as the Gamecocks, and USC is the only Division I school to use this nickname/mascot The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public, Co-educational, University, and is also the state's land-grant university located LSU (Louisiana State University is a member of the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Southeastern Conference. The Tennessee Volunteers, are the names of the college sports teams at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville Tennessee. The Georgia Bulldogs are the athletic teams of The University of Georgia. After clinching the SEC East, the Gators won the SEC Championship Game on December 2nd over Arkansas by a score of 38-28. The SEC Championship Game refers to the game determining the Southeastern Conference 's football season champion Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire The Arkansas Razorbacks, also known as the Hogs, are the names of college sports teams at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville Arkansas Despite the loss to Auburn, Florida was ranked 4th in the BCS before their final game of the regular season against Arkansas. This win, coupled with then second-ranked Southern California's 13-9 loss to unranked rival UCLA on the same day catapulted Florida into the BCS National Championship Game where they routed the heavily favored Ohio State 41-14. The USC Trojans football program established in 1888, is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA Division The UCLA Bruins football program competes in NCAA Division I-A and is a member of the Pacific-10 Conference. The Ohio State University ( OSU) is a Coeducational public Research university in the state of Ohio. It is the first BCS bowl berth for the Gators since the Orange Bowl that capped off the 2001 campaign, and Florida's first national championship appearance and victory since winning the title in 1996. The Orange Bowl is an annual College football game that is usually played the first week in January in the Miami Florida metro area in the United States

Meyer has so far been known for winning big games. In addition to his overall 5-1 record in bowl games (as of 2008), at Florida Meyer has an 8-1 record against three of the Gators' biggest opponents—Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida State—and a 14-1 home record. Despite this success, Meyer is just 5-5 against SEC Western Division teams since taking over at Florida.

Meyer signed a 6-year contract extension with the Gators on June 7, 2007. The contract pays an average of $3. 2-million per year, making him the fourth-highest paid coach in college football—behind only Nick Saban, Bob Stoops, and Charlie Weis, respectively. Nicholas Lou "Nick" Saban (born October 31, 1951, in Fairmont, West Virginia) is an American College football coach and Robert Anthony Stoops (born September 9, 1960 in Youngstown, Ohio) is the Head coach of the University of Oklahoma Charles Joseph (Charlie Weis (born March 30, 1956 in Trenton New Jersey) is the Head coach of the University of Notre Dame ^[3]

Meyer's Gators managed a 9-3 regular season record in 2007, including blowout wins over rivals Tennessee and FSU. The 2007 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the 2007 college football season. The 2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2007 College football season The 2007 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University during the 2007 college football season. Quarterback Tim Tebow also became Coach Meyer's first Heisman Trophy winner. Timothy Richard "Tim" Tebow (born August 14, 1987) is an American football Quarterback for the Florida Gators. The team led the conference in scoring,^[4] but struggles on defense made it difficult for the Gators to reach a BCS bowl game. The Bowl Championship Series ( BCS) is a selection system designed to give the top two teams in the NCAA FBS Bowl Subdivision System an opportunity to compete in a "national ^[5] The Gators lost in the Capital One Bowl against Michigan by a score of 35-41 on January 1, 2008. Meyer served as a pre-game and halftime analyst for the 2008 BCS National Championship Game. The 2008 Allstate BCS National Championship Game was played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl	Coaches#	AP°
Bowling Green Falcons (Mid-American Conference) (2001 – 2002)
2001	Bowling Green	8–3	5–3	2		—	—
2002	Bowling Green	9–3	6–2	3		—	—
Bowling Green:		17–6	11–5
Utah Utes (Mountain West Conference) (2003 – 2004)
2003	Utah	10–2	6–1	1	W Liberty	21	21
2004	Utah	12–0	7–0	1	W Fiesta †	5	4
Utah:		22–2	12–1
Florida Gators (Southeastern Conference) (2005 — present)
2005	Florida	9–3	5–3	2 - East	W Outback	16	12
2006	Florida	13–1	8–1	1 - East	W BCS National Championship †	1	1
2007	Florida	9–4	5–3	3 - East	L Capital One	16	13
Florida:		31–8	18–7
Total:		70–16
National Championship         Conference Title         Conference Division Title
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Awards

• 2001 Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year
• 2003 The Sporting News National Coach of the Year
• 2003 Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year
• 2004 The Home Depot Coach of the Year Award
• 2004 George Munger Award for the Collegiate Coach of the Year presented by the Maxwell Club
• 2004 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (presented by the Football Writers Association of America)
• 2004 Pro Football Weekly National Coach of the Year
• 2004 Woody Hayes Trophy Award (Presented by the Columbus Touchdown Club)
• 2004 Victor Award
• 2004 Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year

References

• BGSU Football History. 2006 Bowling Green Football Media Guide. Bowling Green State University Athletics. Retrieved on 2007-01-06. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King
• Ute Record Book. 2006 Utah Football Media Guide. University of Utah Athletics. Retrieved on 2007-01-06. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King
• Head Football Coach Urban Meyer. 2006 Gator Football Media Guide. University of Florida Athletics. Retrieved on 2007-01-06. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King
• 2005-2006 Athletic Year in Review. 2006 Gator Football Media Guide. University of Florida Athletics. Retrieved on 2007-01-06. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King

External links

• Official Site
• Rivals.com biography

See also

Preceded by Gary Blackney	Bowling Green State University Head Football Coach 2001–2002	Succeeded by Gregg Brandon
Preceded by Ron McBride	University of Utah Head Football Coach 2003–2004	Succeeded by Kyle Whittingham
Preceded by Charlie Strong (interim)	University of Florida Head Football Coach 2005–	Succeeded by Current

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