Former Ohio State linebacker Anthony Schlegel joins Urban Meyer’s staff as Jacksonville Jaguars’ head strength and conditioning coach

Schlegel, a former Ohio State linebacker who went on to work for Meyer and the Buckeyes as an assistant strength and conditioning coach, joins Meyer’s new staff in Jacksonville as the head coach of the strength and conditioning of the Jaguars, he confirmed Monday at 97.1 The Fan’s Morning Juice. .

“You have the opportunity to work for someone who you believe in, who you trust and who understands their culture and what they want in an organization with Coach Meyer,” said Schlegel. “All gas, no brakes, let’s go.”

Schlegel played for the Buckeyes from 2003 to 2005 and continued to play in the NFL for two seasons with the New York Jets and Cincinnati Bengals. He returned to Ohio state in 2011 and worked as an assistant strength and conditioning coach under Mickey Marotti. Famously, Schlegel showed he could still tackle in a game against Cincinnati at Ohio Stadium in 2014, when he slaughtered a student who had run onto the field during the game.

After obtaining his MBA from Fisher College of Business in 2015, Schlegel chose to leave the state of Ohio and start his own company, The Difference USA, which designed weight training and conditioning equipment for weight training teams. the NFL, colleges and high schools. Schlegel was also the co-host of Morning Juice on 97.1 The Fan.

That said, the opportunity to be a strength and conditioning head coach in the NFL and work for Meyer was one he decided he couldn’t pass up.

“It’s something that you prepare for, you pray for it, you consult your wife about it, you ask your children about it. You try to show them how you make these types of decisions in a godly way. And then you come to the conclusion that this is what you have to do, ”said Schlegel. “So you think you have the necessary tools to accomplish the mission.”