Three national championships and a legacy as one of the greatest coaches of his era is how Urban Meyer’s career will be remembered by Paul Finebaum.

The SEC Network host and ESPN analyst weighed in on Meyer’s retirement, which was announced this morning. Finebaum was one person who said several months ago that Meyer would step down.

“I’m not surprised because you could see this happening going back to August when Urban Meyer sat at the news conference with the President and athletic director, his body language said he was not comfortable,” Finebaum said, according to 247 Sports. “He never accepted his suspension. Then the health issues made it more pronounced. The school kept trying to deny this. This has been really easy to see if you’ve watched the body language for Urban Meyer the last four months.”

While some believe Meyer is finished coaching, Finebaum isn’t convinced. Meyer’s competitive drive and career-long success will lead him back to coaching.

“I hesitate to say yes or no, but based on what we’ve seen in the past the answer I’d probably side with is yes,” Finebaum said. “At the University of Florida in 2010, he walked away. But remember, at the end of the 2009 season he made the decision before the Sugar Bowl to step down, but he was talked out of that and came back for a miserable year. He said he needed to spend more time with his family. He worked at ESPN then came right back with the Ohio State opening.”

It ultimately comes down to how his health progresses, or if problems persist.

“There’s going to be skeptics out there saying he won’t return, but unless the health issues are overwhelming, I think he’ll be back,” Finebaum said. “The university went to extraordinary lengths to get his physician to say he was okay. I’m not being cynical when I say this, however in the Michigan game when Ohio State was beating them down, he looked pretty chipper.”

The suspension and fallout from the Zach Smith firing and investigation proved to be difficult for Meyer to withstand.

“I think it had to take a toll,” Finebaum said. “We have become immune in college sports to be misled and lied to by people, but I think he had to start thinking about it. We’ve all been in situations when the relationship and companies we work for become untenable. I think it was easier since Ryan Day was there.”