Urban Meyer recalls making memorable 30-minute pitch to Miss Terry to coach with Nick Saban
By Keith Farner
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Urban Meyer recalled on a recent podcast about reaching out to Nick Saban for a job.
It came in 1990 when Saban coached at Toledo, and Meyer, a Toledo native, called Saban about a job. Meyer was asked about it by former Steelers cornerback Bryant McFadden on the “All Things Covered” podcast with Vikings cornerback Patrick Peterson. McFadden noted that Saban didn’t return Meyer’s phone call when he asked to tell the story.
“I called his home, and Terry Saban answered the phone and I put on a 30-minute recruiting speech and I remember her saying, ‘Yeah, I can’t wait for him to talk to you,'” Meyer said. “Terry Saban will still laugh about that because she – I had her (won) over, I was coming to Toledo.”
Meyer recalled that he was at Illinois State making about $10,000 a year and, “I thought I might as well take a run at it, but about 3 weeks later I got hired at Colorado State and it all worked out.”
The topic begins around 8:00 below:
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
