Report: Urban Meyer is top choice for likely open Power 5 job
Urban Meyer is being linked to USC. This time it’s more than just social media speculation by college football fans.
Brett McMurphy of Stadium is reporting that Meyer is the No. 1 target to be the next Trojans coach and that Southern Cal is willing to do “whatever it takes to get him,” per sources.
“We think the guy that can do it is Urban,” a source told Murphy. “He did it at Utah, Florida and Ohio State, but the question is if he’s really interested.”
The other part of the equation, of course, is that as of right now there is no vacancy at USC. Trojans coach Clay Helton entered the 2019 season on the hot seat. Helton’s squad is 5-3 and first in the Pac-12 South heading into Week 10. The Trojans face No. 7 Oregon on Saturday (8 p.m. ET).
with USC’s prominence, tradition and in-state recruiting, it’s not hard to see why Meyer might be interested in the job if it comes open. Since retiring as Ohio State’s head coach, Meyer has maintained a high profile as an analyst with FOX. He is also a teacher and administrator at OSU and restaurant/bar owner in Ohio. In interviews, Meyer has left the door open on a possible return to coaching football.
Meyer’s record as a head coach at Bowling Green, Utah, Florida and Ohio State is an impressive 187-32.
Urban Meyer is “undoubtedly” USC’s No. 1 choice & USC will do “whatever it takes to get him” as its next coach, sources told @Stadium. “We think the guy that can do it is Urban,” source said. “He did it at Utah, Florida & Ohio State, but the question is if he’s really interested”
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) November 1, 2019
Helton’s gotta be thinking WTF
He doesn’t seem like the sharpest tool in the shed, but he has to have figured out he’s getting fired by now.
I feel it’s extremely disrespectful for this to happen while in the middle of the season and the head coach is still working there. This can only work as a distraction. Not to mention Southern Cal isn’t even doing all that bad. Sure, they aren’t the juggernaut they used to be in the 2000s but they are currently 5-3 and leading their division all things considered.
It’s not disrespectful at all. If you are an AD, you obviously want the best coach available, which now is Urban Meyer(proven record everywhere he’s coached). ***But there is some noise going on in South Bend about who is the best chance for the Irish to WIN A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AGAIN ! And as we all know, the buyout amount for Kelly, can be raised with in a minute. So ND may get Urban…tune in & we’ll see. Notre Dame is his “Dream Job”.
All that he has to do is send Singer a picture of him in a track suit on a rowing machine and he’s in.
I’m not surprised USC would sell their soul for a chance to return former glories.
He’ll stay till the pressure is on, then its headaches, heartache or something and he’s retiring again
RTR
Didn’t Carol L Folt come out and say the Urban Meyer would not even be on the list of coaches that they’d consider at USC given his handling of the Zack Smith scandal.
They talked about this a bit on Sirius ESPN full ride this AM….supposedly the #1 candidate would be Orgeron….LSU couldn’t afford to match any real offer to him and Orgeron has a history at USC.
That’s kind of odd. There was likely a time when Orgeron’s dream job was USC vs. LSU, but times change. They had their chance there.
I tend to agree. O is happy at LSU and they certainly are thriving with him there. Why bust up a good thing? And I think LSU can bring out the Brinks truck if/when it’s necessary.
Yeah Idk why Coach O would leave LSU. He’s from Louisiana. He’s been an LSU fan his whole life. There isn’t a coach in the country that represents a program or state as perfectly as Coach O. He’s literally the perfect fit there.
LSU can’t compete with the real USC’s deep pockets. But I don’t think they’ll have to. Can’t see Coach O leaving Baton Rouge.
O has always had nothing but great things to say about USC and he wouldn’t be dealing with Bama, Auburn, Ga, Florida. More money, less stress, a spot in the playoff every year. It could happen.
I guess SoCal wants to return to the days of constant NCAA investigations,probation, losing wins, championships, and trophies.
Truth.
With Urban’s congestive heart failure, diabetes, cancer, fibromyalgia, tuberculosis I hope he will be able to finish out his contract term. Prayers for Urban!
I hope the piece of garbage’s head explodes the next time he gets a headache.
He’s a complete scumbag…..I still can’t believe they put that turd on tv
Scumbags hopefully have crumbags, I need a cracker coltscorch.
I see, Urban took one year off so we could all forget that he runs a dirty program. Great strategy! Greatest PR job in history.
I lived in Florida while Urban was there and winning his(their) two National Championships…but the stories I heard about the program in Gainesville would raise the hair on your neck. So many stories did not
ever reach the media…as a favor to the University, I guess. Success at any cost ?