The Coaches

Urban Meyer
In the 12th season of his coaching career Urban Meyer's record is 133-26. Meyer is 29-3 at Ohio State, after going 12-0 in his first season. 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.

James Franklin

In his fourth year as a head coach he has a record of 28-17. In his first season at Penn State his record is 4-2. Franklin is a 1995 graduate of East Stroudsburg (PA) where he played quarterback. Franklin was an assistant coach at Kutztown, East Stroudsburg, James Madison, Washington St., Idaho St., Maryland, Green Bay Packers, Kansas St., and Maryland. Prior to Penn State Franklin was the head coach at Vanderbilt during the years 2011-2013.