Urban Meyer Bio, Wife, Daughter, Son, Affair, Height, Age, Family

Publish date: 2024-04-21

Urban Meyer is an American elite collegiate football coach and has been the head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes since 2012. This came after stints in Florida, Utah and Bowling Green.

The former collegiate athlete played defensive end back at the University of Cincinnati. As a coach, he is a three-time national championship champion, making him one of only three people to have managed to win titles with different universities.

Age, early life and rise to fame

Meyer was born Urban Frank Meyer IIIGisela Meyer was born on July 10, 1964 in Toledo, Ohio but was raised in Ashtabula, Ohio where he attended Saint John High School. After impressing as a high school baseball player, Meyer was selected as a shortstop by the Atlanta Braves in the 13th round of the 1982 Major League Baseball draft after graduating in 1982.

Urban Meyer played for the Braves while he was attending the University of Cincinnati, where he also had a college football career and played the defensive back position. His stint in baseball lasted two seasons when he decided to fully focus on completing his education. By 1986, Meyer graduated with a degree in psychology before later earning a master’s degree in Ohio State sports administration.

After ending his college football career, Meyer practiced as a defensive back coach at Saint Xavier High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. After one season, he accepted the position of assistant bottleneck coach at Ohio State University. He served two years before making his first transfer to Illinois State, where he was promoted to assistant coach. Meyer spent two years there before spending six years in Colorado State and then five years at Notre Dame.

In 2001, Urban Meyer landed his first head coaching role at Bowling Green State University. He proved to be a sensation in his new role as he led his team to an 8-3 record to earn the Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year award. The following year, his team managed a 9-3 record and Meyer himself became a subject of interest from various schools. He ended up transferring to the University of Utah where he once again proved his skills by leading the school to a 10-2 record to win the championship. Among other awards, he was named Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year. Meyer won another championship the following year. This time he did it with a perfect 12-0 record.

Urban Meyer continued to be a wanted man That year, both Florida and Notre Dame were competing for his services. He then moved to Florida, where he won the SEC East title, SEC Championship and BCS National Championship in his second season in charge. The team repeated the feat in 2008 to establish Meyer as a legendary coach. In 2009, Meyer took a leave of absence for health reasons. His contract later expired without agreeing to a new contract, allowing him to take up the position of head coach at Ohio State in 2012.

Urban Meyer family – wife, daughter and son

Urban Meyer is married to the beautiful Shelley Mather Meyer – a registered nurse and certified spinning instructor. Ms. Meyer was born Shelley Jean Mather on December 25, 1964 on her family’s farm in Lattaville, Ohio. She attended the University of Cincinnati, where she studied nursing. During this time, she first met her future husband as a freshman nursing student at a Sigma Chi Derby Days philanthropy event. The couple were five years old before tying the knot in 1986.

Together the couple welcomed three children; daughters Nicole, popularly known as Nicki, and Gisela, better known as Gigi. Their son Nathan is known simply as Nate. Nicki and Gigi both played Division I volleyball at Georgia Tech and Florida Gulf Coast University, while Nate studied at St. Brigid of Kildare School in Dublin.

Was he having an affair?

There are no reports of UrbanMeyer or his wife having an affair. The two maintain a loving relationship that has been witnessed by many people in Ohio as she is always by his side in victory or defeat.

Height, weight and other facts

Birth name: Urban Frank Meyer III

Date of Birth: July 10, 1964

Place of Birth: Toledo, Ohio

Height: 6 feet 3 inches

Weight: 74kg

Profession: American football coach

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