Top 25
44-16
- Games
- 60
- Win rate
- 73.3%
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Coach Profile
Urban Meyer
2001-2018 • Bowling Green, Florida, Ohio State, Utah
4 schools coached, anchored by Ohio State.
Urban Meyer coached 17 seasons, won 85.4%, and posted an average SRS of 18.5. Best season: 2008 Florida. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 4 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 187-32
- Career win rate
- 85.4%
- Average SRS
- 18.5
- Peak SRS
- 33.9
Career Dossier
One glance at the full arc.
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
- Seasons coached
- 17
- Career span
- 18 years
- Best finish
- #1
- Consistency
- 31.7
Primary school anchor
Ohio State
Balanced profile with 4 program stops and a peak score of 98.6.
Career Arc
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Urban Meyer
EliteStrongAverageLean
Urban Meyer: 2003 UtahUrban Meyer: 2005 FloridaUrban Meyer: 2012 Ohio State
2001Actual season year • SRS range 3.2 to 33.92018
Active comparison point
Urban Meyer • 2008
2008 Florida
Best season13-1 • SRS 33.9 • SP Overall 34.7
Win %
92.9%
YoY SRS
+11.7
SP Off / Def
43.7 / 11.2
Finish
#1
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Ranked opponent record
Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.
Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.
Top 10
22-9
- Games
- 31
- Win rate
- 71.0%
Top 5
13-5
- Games
- 18
- Win rate
- 72.2%
View ranked game results60
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Ohio State
2012-2018 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS 20.5 • Win % 90.2%
Florida
2005-2010 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS 21.3 • Win % 81.3%
Utah
2003-2004 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 17.1 • Win % 91.7%
Bowling Green
2001-2002 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 4.5 • Win % 73.9%
- Longest tenure
- Ohio State • 7 seasons
- Best tenure
- Florida • 21.3 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Utah • 91.7%
Style and Strength Profile
Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.
These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.
Overall Strength
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Urban Meyer sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeUrban Meyer sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Urban Meyer
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 22.1
- Percentile
- 99th pct
Elite
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
Impact by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
Ohio State
2012-2018 • 83-9
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 20.5Win % 90.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
11.9 during vs 10.0 baseline
+1.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
20.5 during vs 15.3 baseline
+5.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
26.4 during vs 23.2 baseline
+3.2
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
85.7% during vs 80.0% baseline
+5.7%
Florida
2005-2010 • 65-15
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 21.3Win % 81.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
10.8 during vs 7.9 baseline
+2.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
21.3 during vs 17.1 baseline
+4.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
23.9 during vs 23.0 baseline
+0.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
83.3% during vs 60.0% baseline
+23.3%
Utah
2003-2004 • 22-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 17.1Win % 91.7%
Avg wins
Higher is better
11.0 during vs 6.6 baseline
+4.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
17.1 during vs 3.3 baseline
+13.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
18.5 during vs 4.4 baseline
+14.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
100.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+100.0%
Bowling Green
2001-2002 • 17-6
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 4.5Win % 73.9%
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.5 during vs 3.8 baseline
+4.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
4.5 during vs -11.9 baseline
+16.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
4.9 during vs -8.6 baseline
+13.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Florida 2008
13-1 • SRS 33.9
Biggest Improvement
Utah 2004
12-0 • 15.5 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Florida 2007
9-4 • SP Off 50.1
Best Defensive Season
Florida 2009
13-1 • SP Def 8.0
Setbacks
Worst Season
Bowling Green 2002
9-3 • SRS 3.2
Biggest Drop
Florida 2010
8-5 • -13.8 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Ohio State | 2018 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | #5 | — | 18.1 | 24.1 | 44.4 | 21.2 | -7.5 | +5.2% |
| Ohio State | 2017 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 85.7% | #2 | #5 | 25.6 | 30.9 | 42.9 | 12.8 | +2.3 | +1.1% |
| Ohio State | 2016 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | #6 | #6 | 23.3 | 22.4 | 35.6 | 15.0 | +1.4 | -7.7% |
| Ohio State | 2015 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 92.3% | #1 | #4 | 21.9 | 29.5 | 41.3 | 13.5 | -2.0 | -1.0% |
| Ohio State | 2014 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 93.3% | #5 | #1 | 23.9 | 25.8 | 45.6 | 20.1 | +4.7 | +7.6% |
| Ohio State | 2013 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 85.7% | #2 | #12 | 19.2 | 28.4 | 48.8 | 23.4 | +7.5 | -14.3% |
| Ohio State | 2012 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | #18 | #3 | 11.7 | 23.8 | 40.6 | 17.5 | -0.1 | +38.5% |
| Florida | 2010 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #4 | — | 11.8 | 14.0 | 29.3 | 15.6 | -13.8 | -31.3% |
| Florida | 2009 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 92.9% | #1 | #3 | 25.6 | 32.8 | 39.4 | 8.0 | -8.3 | 0.0% |
| Florida | 2008 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 92.9% | #5 | #1 | 33.9 | 34.7 | 43.7 | 11.2 | +11.7 | +23.6% |
| Florida | 2007 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #6 | #13 | 22.2 | 28.8 | 50.1 | 21.9 | +0.8 | -23.6% |
| Florida | 2006 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 92.9% | #7 | #1 | 21.4 | 26.5 | 36.0 | 8.4 | +8.8 | +17.9% |
| Florida | 2005 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #10 | #12 | 12.6 | 6.7 | 26.3 | 19.6 | -12.3 | -25.0% |
| Utah | 2004 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | #20 | #4 | 24.9 | 23.6 | 49.3 | 29.4 | +15.5 | +16.7% |
| Utah | 2003 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | #21 | 9.4 | 13.4 | 35.2 | 23.0 | +6.2 | +8.3% |
| Bowling Green | 2002 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | 3.2 | 1.2 | 41.3 | 39.9 | -2.5 | +2.3% |
| Bowling Green | 2001 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | 5.7 | 8.6 | 33.8 | 27.3 | — | — |
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