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Ohio State’s Urban Meyer second highest-paid coach after new deal

By Patrick Schmidt

Jan 12, 2015; Arlington, TX, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer speaks during a press conference after beating the Oregon Ducks in the 2015 CFP National Championship Game at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 12, 2015; Arlington, TX, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer speaks during a press conference after beating the Oregon Ducks in the 2015 CFP National Championship Game at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports /
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Urban Meyer signed an extension at Ohio State that will keep him in Columbus for at least six more seasons.

Nothing like a national championship to give you all the leverage when it comes to contract negotiations. Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer signed an extension through the 2020 season that will pay him an average of $6.5 million over the life of the deal, according to Bruce Feldman.

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Meyer is now the nation’s second-highest paid head football coach in college football, trailing only Alabama’s Nick Saban who is scheduled to make $6.9 over the next seven seasons.

He is also the only coach he trails when it comes to national championships after Meyer led the Buckeyes to the championship in the first ever College Football Playoff to give him his third ring, trailing Saban who has four.

He is worth every cent Ohio State is paying him and you can make the argument that he’s still one of the biggest bargains in college athletics, just as you can for Saban. Meyer has only lost two regular season games in his three years at Ohio State and has a 38-3 overall record and is a perfect 24-0 in the Big Ten regular season game.

As great as Ohio State was last season when they captured the national title, they could be even better in 2015 with all three quarterbacks, Braxton Miller, J.T. Barrett and Cardale Jones competing for the starting job, running back Ezekiel Elliott is arguably the Heisman front-runner and Joey Bosa may be the best defensive player in the country.

Meyer has recruited exceptionally well in his three-plus years at Ohio State and there are zero signs of this team slowing anytime soon. As long as Meyer is healthy, Ohio State will be the team to beat in the Big Ten and an annual threat to make the Playoff.

His health is there and Meyer seems genuinely happy at this point in his career after literally working himself so hard earlier in his career that the stress nearly cost him his career and perhaps even his life.

His resignation from Florida at the end of the 2010 season and year out of coaching where he worked as an analyst for ESPN has recharged his battery and renewed his passion and love for coaching and the results have played out on the field.

Ohio State wraps up their spring practice on Saturday with their annual spring game.

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