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United States Urban Meyer transitioned from a highly successful collegiate football coach to a sportscaster and briefly an NFL head coach.
Bob Evans Restaurants had a partnership with Urban Meyer, where he was named 'Head Breakfast Coach' for a fall advertising campaign. This partnership was later suspended and then ended following allegations against Meyer during his Ohio State tenure.
Urban Meyer was involved in a joint venture with Columbus restaurateur Chris Corso for a steakhouse called Urban Chophouse. The steakhouse was later sold and rebranded.
Urban Meyer, born on July 10, 1964, in Toledo, Ohio, and raised in Ashtabula, Ohio, began his football journey as a defensive back at the University of Cincinnati. He earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology in 1986 and later a master’s degree in sports administration from Ohio State University in 1988. His coaching career started with assistant positions at Illinois State, Colorado State, and Notre Dame before he landed his first head coaching role.
Meyer’s head coaching career began at Bowling Green in 2001, where he quickly achieved an 8-3 record in his first season, earning Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year honors. He then moved to Utah in 2003, leading the Utes to a 10-2 record and their first outright conference championship since 1957, also receiving The Sporting News National Coach of the Year award. In 2004, he led Utah to an undefeated 12-0 season, culminating in a Fiesta Bowl victory, marking the first time a team from a non-automatically qualifying BCS conference reached a BCS bowl.
His tenure at Florida from 2005 to 2010 brought two BCS National Championships in 2006 and 2008. After a brief retirement, he returned to coaching for Ohio State in 2012, leading the Buckeyes to a 12-0 undefeated season and later to the College Football Playoff National Championship in 2014, his third national title. Meyer briefly ventured into the NFL with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2021 before returning to his broadcasting career with Fox Sports.
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