Thursday, January 02, 2014

The Coaches

Urban Meyer
In the 12th season of his coaching career Urban Meyer's record is 128-24. Meyer is 24-1 at Ohio State, after going 12-0 in his first season. He is 7-1 in bowl games and 4-0 in BCS bowl games. He earned his graduate degree from Ohio State and worked with the team as a graduate assistant under Earle Bruce from 1986-1987. He was an assistant coach at Illinois State under former OSU defensive coordinator Jim Heacock. He later re-joined Earle Bruce at Colorado St. In 1996 he was hired as an assistant coach under Lou Holtz at Notre Dame, and he remained with Notre Dame through 2000. In 2001 he started his head coaching career at Bowling Green and in two years he had a record of 17-6. He was hired at Utah in 2003. In his first year Utah won its bowl game, and during the second year the team was undefeated and won the Fiesta Bowl. He was 22-2 in two years at Utah. He had a record of 65-15 during his six years at Florida, including two BCS National Championships.

Dabo Swinney
In his sixth season as a head coach he is 50-23, all at Clemson. He is 2-3 in bowl games and 0-1 in BCS bowl games. Prior to being a head coach he was an assistant at Clemson and Alabama. He is graduate of Alabama where he played wide receiver in the years 1990-1992.

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