Urban Meyer talks Rutgers Football HC Greg Schiano on The Triple Option Show
Urban Meyer is well known as one of the top college football coaches of this generation, winning National Championships at both Florida (2006, 2008) and Ohio State (2014).
Along with being an all-time great college head coach, Meyer also has one heck of a coaching tree as he’s produced several head coaches such as Luke Fickell (Wisconsin), Kyle Whittingham (Utah), Mike Vrabel (New England Patriots), and many others.
One coach that worked for him was a head coach before he worked for Meyer and a head coach after he worked with him too. That would be none other than current Rutgers Football Head Coach Greg Schiano and Meyer spoke about him recently on The Triple Option podcast.
“Think about Rutgers history without Greg Schiano,” Meyer said. “It’s a tough place and a tough conference, but Greg is very unique. He’s one of my closest friends, a great family man, just a great friend, and strong in his faith. But what makes him great is a lead competitor. There’s no amount of time in the day or effort that he would put into it to find that edge to put his players in position to win.”
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Meyer went on to talk about how Schiano when it comes to working with the players.
“He’s great and how he handles players is great,” said Meyer. “What makes him one of the best I’ve ever been around is his competitive nature and the amount of time he’s willing to put in to get that edge to put his players in the right spot.”
One of the shows co-hosts, Rob Stone went on to ask about how detail oriented coach Schiano is and Meyer offered a very honest perspective on that.
“He’s a nut job,” said Meyer. “A certified nut job to the point that I would have to back him off. But he is great to have on your staff, an excellent recruiter, and just a genuinely great person.”
You can check out the full episode of the show here.
