Urban Meyer

Head coach, Ohio State, 2012 to 2018
Before: Florida

College career187-32
Titles3national · 4 conference
Program liftNo. 347tied · of 1,290 tenures since 1937

Now

Career arc

Stature score reached, by season of his head-coaching careerFBS medianBowling GreenUtahFloridaOhio StateGeorgiaGeorgiaMichiganMichiganDynastythe sport's summitBlue Bloodpermanent top tierPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelBowling Green when he took over: 15.2 (Regional Program III), its final 2000 readingBowling Green, 2001: 8-3, Regional Program IIIBowling Green, 2001: 8-3, Regional Program III2001Bowling Green, 2002: 9-3, Regional Program IIBowling Green, 2002: 9-3, Regional Program II2002+5.1Utah when he took over: 35.3 (National Program II), its final 2002 readingUtah, 2003: 10-2, National Program IIUtah, 2003: 10-2, National Program II2003Utah, 2004: 12-0, Power Program IIIUtah, 2004: 12-0, Power Program III2004+11.1Florida when he took over: 65.2 (Blue Blood), its final 2004 readingFlorida, 2005: 9-3, Blue BloodFlorida, 2005: 9-3, Blue Blood2005Florida, 2006: 13-1, Blue Blood, national champion◆Florida, 2007: 9-4, Blue BloodFlorida, 2008: 13-1, Dynasty, national champion★◆Florida, 2009: 13-1, Blue BloodFlorida, 2010: 8-5, Blue BloodFlorida, 2010: 8-5, Blue Blood2010+13.9Ohio State when he took over: 73.5 (Blue Blood), its final 2011 readingOhio State, 2012: 12-0, Blue BloodOhio State, 2012: 12-0, Blue Blood2012Ohio State, 2013: 12-2, Blue BloodOhio State, 2014: 14-1, Blue Blood, national champion◆Ohio State, 2015: 12-1, Blue BloodOhio State, 2016: 11-2, Blue BloodOhio State, 2017: 12-2, Blue BloodOhio State, 2018: 10-1, Blue BloodOhio State, 2018: 10-1, Blue Blood2018+6.0bracket: consecutive-win streak · ◆ national title · gray dashed: rival programs · ○ the program when he took over · Dashed segments are program changes16-game win streak (2003-04)22-game win streak (2008-09)24-game win streak (2012-13)

Bowls and playoffs: 10-3 · won 3 of 3 national title games

Utah’03WFlorida’05W’06W★’07L’08W★’09W’10WOhio State’13L’14W’14W★’15W’16L’17W

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Utah2003Liberty BowlW 17-0Florida2005Outback BowlW 31-242006 ★BCS title gameW 41-142007Capital One BowlL 35-412008 ★BCS title gameW 24-142009Sugar BowlW 51-242010Outback BowlW 37-24Ohio State2013Orange BowlL 35-402014 semiSugar BowlW 42-352014 ★CFP title gameW 42-202015Fiesta BowlW 44-282016 semiFiesta BowlL 0-312017Cotton Bowl ClassicW 24-7

Report card

Offense carries it: 94th percentile offense, top-quarter defense at 89th.

Ohio State, every completed season graded against the whole field, then averaged.

Offense

A+
of which —94th
efficiency — 94th percentile success rate, 2012–18
A+94th
Standard-downs success
A81st
Passing-downs success
A+90th
Trench push (line yards)
C42nd
Red-zone scoring rate
B+73rd
Power-success (short yardage)
B68th
Ball security (giveaways per game)

Defense

A
of which —89th
89th percentile SP+ defense, 2014–18 (SP+ starts 2014)
C-37th
Front-7 havoc
B+72nd
Secondary havoc
B65th
Stuff rate (run defense)
B64th
Takeaways per game

Each season is his team’s percentile among every team with that stat (the share it beat), averaged over his completed seasons here; a mid-season takeover year and the season in progress aren’t graded. Letters: A+ 90th percentile and up, A 80, B+ 70, B 60, B− 50, C+ 45, C 40, C− 30, D 15, F below.