Urban Meyer Puts A Full Stop On His Coaching Career: ‘That Book’s Closed’

Urban Meyer sure sounds like a man who is done prowling the sidelines.

Meyer, a college football coaching icon who currently works as an analyst for Fox Sports, won three national titles during his time as the head coach of the Florida Gators and the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Urban Meyer, a three-time national champion and well-traveled coach in college football, said this week at the Ohio State coaches clinic that his time as a head coach is finished while still being relatively young at 58.

Urban Meyer Puts A Full Stop On His Coaching Career: ‘That Book’s Closed’

Meyer continues to be involved in the sport as a TV analyst less than two years after his dismal 13-game tenure as the coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars came to an end. Meyer’s tenure in the NFL was a failure, but his two decades of success as a head coach at Bowling Green, Utah, Florida, and Ohio State have made him a constant name of interest for available college jobs.

“That book’s closed,” Meyer said at Ohio State’s coaching clinic, according to The Columbus Dispatch. “It’s going to be TV and grandfather.”

There is plenty of time for Meyer to reopen the “closed” book at a time when outstanding college coaches like Nick Saban of Alabama and Mack Brown of North Carolina are still in their 70s. Meyer has really taken breaks from coaching in the past only to get the coaching itch again. Ironically, Meyer’s remarks came at the Ohio State coaches clinic, which is a strange place for a coach to declare that his career on the sidelines is over.

No matter what Meyer says, his supporters will undoubtedly keep calling for him to take over as coach in the future. Meyer has established himself as a consistent collegiate champion despite his failure in the NFL and dubious handling of certain off-field matters, such as the domestic abuse charges against former Ohio State receivers coach Zach Smith.

But, at least for the time being, he has no plans to write a sequel to a “book” that features a record of 187-32 over the course of 17 seasons as the head coach of a collegiate football team.

 

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