Urban Meyer Net Worth, Biography, Family, Career & Personal Life

Urban Meyer Net Worth, Biography, Family, Career and Personal Life

Urban Meyer is a retired American college football player and coach. He is best known for coaching college football teams such as Bowling Green Falcons, Utah Utes, Florida Gators and Ohio State Buckeyes. Urban Meyer net worth is $30 Million USD.

Currently, he is serving as the Assistant Athletic Director at Ohio State University. Meyer is also working as an analyst for Fox Sports appearing weekly in their Big Noon Kickoff pre-game show. Following article talks about the life and works of this former player and coach.

Biography and Background

Full Name

His full name is Urban Frank Meyer III.

Nicknames

He is commonly known as Urban “Liar” Meyer.

Nationality

Urban Meyer is an American by birth. He was born in Toledo, Ohio, United States.

Birthday

His birthday is on July 10. 1964 and is currently 56 years old.

Profession

He is a former professional college footballer. Not only did he play as a player he also worked as a college football coach.

Zodiac Sign

Urban Meyer’s Zodiac sign is Cancer.

Background

Meyer was born in Toledo, Ohio but grew up in Ashtabula, Ohio. In 1982 he graduated from Ashtabula’s Saint John High School. The year 1982 also saw Meyer getting selected for the 13th round of the Major League Baseball Draft by the Atlanta Braves as a shortstop.

He spent two seasons playing minor league baseball in the Braves organization. He played as a defensive back at the University of Cincinnati before earning his bachelor’s degree in psychology in 1986.

Meyer was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity (Zeta Psi Chapter) during his undergraduate studies. He then earned his master’s degree in sports administration from Ohio State University in 1988.

After being associated and in love with sports from a young age Urban Meyer decided to pursue a career in the world of sports.

Family Description

Father

Urban Meyer’s father’s name is Bud Meyer.

Mother

His mother’s name is Gisela Meyer.

Siblings

He has two sisters. Their names are Gigi Escoe and Erika Meyer Judd.

Spouse

Urban Meyer is married. He met his wife Shelly Mather while studying in Cincinnati. She was a freshman nursing student back then. The couple got married in 1986. They have three children together.

Children

Urban Meyer and Shelly Mather Meyer have three children. Their names are Nicole (“Nicki”), Gisela (“Gigi”) and Nathan (“Nate”). Both of his daughters play division I volleyball.

Career Development

Urban Meyer’s career began in 1985 when Meyer spent one season interning as a defensive back coach at Saint Xavier High School in Cincinnati, Ohio.

He worked under the mentorship of legendary St. Xavier head coach Steve Rasso. He also met members of the Ohio State coaching staff there.

His first coaching experience was as a graduate assistant coaching at Ohio State. He worked under head coach Earle Bruce. He then spent the next thirteen years as an assistant coach.

He coached many talented players during his coaching career. He worked with players like ER Greg Primus in Colorado State, WR Bobby Brown and WR David Givens in Notre Dame, the latter being drafted by the New England Patriots in 2000.

In 2001, Meyer took his first head coaching job at Bowling Green. He really impressed everyone in his debut season as he led one of the greatest turnarounds in NCAA football history by going 8–3 and capping off the season with a 56–21 victory over Bowling Green’s rival team the University of Toledo Rockets.

He also capped Mid-American Conference coach of the year honors. The next year, Bowling Green finished with a 9–3 record and 17–6 overall record. After spending two seasons at Bowling Green he joined Utah in 2003.

In his first season as the coach of Utah he was awarded Mountain West Conference’s coach of the year award with 10-2 points, a record no coach at Utah had gotten before in his first season. He also won the Sporting News National coach of the year award, the first Utah coach to do so.

His success made both University of Florida and University of Notre Dame want him as their coach but he joined as the head coach of University of Florida for the 2005 season. He soon became one of the highest paid coaches of that time due to his success.

In 2009 he had to take a leave of absence from coaching due to sickness but returned to coaching the following year. After he resigned from the post of head coach of the Florida Gators football team Meyers worked as a college football commentator and analyst for the American television sports network ESPN.

In 2011 he joined Ohio State Buckeyes and in 2015 signed a contract extension with the team through 2020.

Urban Meyer Awards

He has won many awards throughout his careers. Some of which are given below.

Woody Hayes Trophy (2004, 2012)
Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (2004)
George Munger Award (2004)
Home Depot Coach of the Year (2004)
Pro Football Weekly National Coach of the Year (2004)
Victor Award (2004)
The Sporting News National Coach of the Year (2003)
Sports Illustrated Coach of the Decade (2009)
The Sporting News Coach of the Decade (2009)
2× MW Coach of the Year (2003, 2004)
MAC Coach of the Year (2001)