As the coaching carousel spun this offseason, <a href="https://www.on3.com/db/coach/urban-meyer-132190/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Urban Meyer</a> saw his name come up as speculation started about a potential return to coaching. He pretty much shut the door on that Thursday night.



Meyer spoke at the <a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/ohio-state-buckeyes/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ohio State</a> coaches clinic Thursday night and said he doesn’t plan on coaching again. He just wrapped up his first year back with FOX with Big Noon Kickoff following a stint in the NFL, and he made it clear he’s not planning to go back to the sidelines.



“That book’s closed,” Meyer said, <a href="https://www.dispatch.com/story/sports/college/football/2023/04/14/ohio-state-football-coach-urban-meyer-says-osu-buckeye-nfl-college/70114430007/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">via the Columbus Dispatch’s Bill Rabinowitz</a>. “It’s going to be TV and grandfather.”



This isn’t the first time Meyer opened up about his desire to stay away from coaching. He <a href="https://www.on3.com/news/urban-meyer-addresses-his-interest-in-potentially-returning-to-coaching/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">previously did so in January</a> during an appearance on the “All Things Covered” podcast with <a href="https://www.on3.com/db/patrick-peterson-95528/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Patrick Peterson</a> and <a href="https://www.on3.com/db/bryant-mcfadden-15635/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bryant McFadden</a>. During the interview, he summed up his thoughts in two words.



“No desire,” Meyer <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaQ7-bR-uVE&t=1137s">said</a>.



<h2 id="h-a-look-at-urban-meyer-s-coaching-career">A look at Urban Meyer’s coaching career</h2>



Meyer’s storied coaching career started at St. Xavier High School in Ohio in 1985 before two years as a graduate assistant at Ohio State in 1986 and 1987. He got his first head coach job in 2001 at <a href="https://www.on3.com/college/bowling-green-falcons/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bowling Green</a> following his time as the wide receivers coach at <a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/notre-dame-fighting-irish/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Notre Dame</a>, and he stayed with the Falcons until 2003 when he left for <a href="https://www.on3.com/college/utah-utes/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Utah</a>.



In two years with the Utes, Meyer went 22-2 overall and 13-1 in Pac-12 play before departing to become the head coach at <a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/florida-gators/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Florida</a>, where he won two national championships and totaled a 65-15 record from 2005-10. He then spent a year away from coaching in 2011 before returning to Ohio State in 2012 following the departure Jim Tressel. 



Meyer found immediate success with the Buckeyes with a 12-0 record in his first season and amassed an 83-9 mark in his seven years at the helm, including the 2014 national title.



On the whole as a college football coach, Meyer amassed a 187-32 record and has three national championships to his name — two at Florida and one at Ohio State.



After announcing his retirement from Ohio State, Meyer joined FOX as a Big Noon Kickoff analyst in 2020 before eventually leaving for the Jacksonville Jaguars, where he struggled in less than a full season in the role. He returned to FOX in 2022 to take back his old chair on the panel on the pregame show.

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