don’t expect to see Urban Meyer on the sidelines as a coach in the short term.
The three-time national championship-winning coach spent the college football season 2022 as an analyst for Fox Sports and it sounds like he’s happy where he is.
Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer stands on the field before a game against the Los Angeles Rams on December 5, 2021 in Inglewood, California.
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«No desire. And of course I would do some things differently,» Meyer said on the «All Things Covered» podcast when asked if he had any desire to return to training.
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Meyer lasted just 13 games as head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2021, fired following a 2-11 record and multiple off-field controversies.
Meyer was surprisingly named head coach of the Jaguars three years after announcing his retirement after seven seasons at Ohio State.
Urban Meyer before a game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Georgia Bulldogs in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on December 31, 2022, in Atlana.
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«I’m done. I retired. I had a few health problems in the state of ohioMeyer said when asked what drew her to taking the job in Jacksonville. «Fifty five [years old] It was always my goal. My family deserved it. We worked very hard for 38 years.»
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«And I had it all planned out,» Meyer continued. «I found the right guy in Ryan Day, who is fantastic. And I retired, went to Fox, was an AD assistant for two years, and then some teams approached me. And this team really appealed to me. Trevor Lawrence, who could be Hall of Famer someday, he’s that good, he had a great season. Obviously, it didn’t go well. I had no plans to do that at all. It just happened.»
Jacksonville hired Doug Pederson in the offseason to replace Meyer, and Lawrence and the Jaguars turned things around in 2022.
Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence looks for a pass in the third quarter of a game against the Kansas City Chiefs on November 13, 2022 at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Under Pederson, the Jaguars went 9-8 during the regular season, won the AFC South, and advanced to the second round of the playoffs after completing the third-biggest comeback in NFL playoff history against the Los Angeles Chargers.
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«I was excited to see … because they have a lot of different players that I was there with,» Meyer continued when talking about the Jaguars.
«They did a great job in free agency this year. But to me, and you know it, it’s kind of funny when you say the NFL is a quarterback league… Pop Warner is a quarterback league. So is high school. It’s a quarterback sport. And when you get a killer as Trevor Lawrence, or JT Barrett, or Cardale Jones, or Tim Tebow, you have a chance. So they have a great future.»