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Former Florida football coach Urban Meyer was honored as a College Football Hall of Famer earlier this week.
But one honor has eluded the 60-year-old former coach that guided the Florida Gators to national championships in 2006 and 2008.
Meyer has yet to be inducted into the Gator Ring of Honor at The Swamp despite meeting the criteria as a coach that’s won at least one national championship. He won SEC titles in 2006 and 2008 in addition to his two national titles at UF and led the Gators to a 65-15 record in six seasons.
“I’d be honored to do it,” Meyer said. “I have incredible respect for Florida. Worked our … off. Wish I didn’t leave. That’s one thing I regret for the rest of my life is the way I left.”
Meyer and his wife Shelley returned to Gainesville on Friday night for a charity event at Spurrier’s Gridiron Grille, with proceeds raised benefitting Desire Street Ministries (Danny Wuerffel’s charity), the Tim Tebow Foundation and the HBC Foundation (Steve Spurrier’s charity).
After leading Florida to the 2008 national title, Meyer faced coaching burnout in 2009 after UF lost to Nick Saban-led Alabama in the SEC title game. He briefly resigned in December of 2009 for health reasons but returned to coach the Gators in 2010 and tried to delegate more responsibility to his assistants. But after UF went 8-5 in 2010, Meyer called it quits from UF for good at the end of the season.
“It was just, I was blown out,” Meyer said. “I had to take a year off. When someone says, ‘Well, you had a plan to do something else.’ That’s not true. I mean, that’s silly. We worked our tails off to the point where I got ill.”
After an improper benefits NCAA scandal forced Ohio State coach Jim Tressel to resign in 2011, Meyer returned to the coaching ranks at OSU, where he led the Buckeyes to an 83-9 record in seven seasons. He resigned from…
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Author : The Gainesville Sun
Publish date : 2025-01-18 15:30:00
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