He’s the third-winningest coach in all of College Football with three national championships. Now, former Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in December of 2025.
Meyer made his way to Columbus in 2012 where he was inheriting a program that was teetering after “tattoo-gate.” Jim Tressel was forced to resign and Meyer who had left the University of Florida a year earlier due to health reasons was ready to get back in the game. He would make an immediate impact, taking over a team that went 6-7 the year before and leading them to an undefeated season in his first year.
Unfortunately, the Buckeyes were ineligible for postseason play that first season leaving fans to wonder “What if?”
Meyer would deliver a few short years later leading Ohio State to the first-ever College Football Playoff National Championship. Under Meyer’s leadership from 2012-2018, the Buckeyes would win 83 games to just nine losses and of course a 7-0 record against Michigan. Before OSU, Meyer spent time at Bowling Green, Utah, and Florida where he won two national titles.
Urban Meyer, the third-winningest coach in Division I history who led @OhioStateFB to a national championship, three Big Ten titles and seven wins over Michigan, will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame this year as a member of the 2025 class. pic.twitter.com/jGl983cf8h
— Jerry Emig (@BuckeyeNotes) January 15, 2025
Meyer becomes the eighth coach from Ohio State to be voted into the College Football Hall of Fame joining other Buckeye greats Howard Jones (1910), John Wilce (1913-28), Francis Schmidt (1934-40), Woody Hayes (1951-78), Earle Bruce (1979-87), John Cooper (1988-2000) and Jim Tressel (2001-10).
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