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JACKSONVILLE – It’s official: Urban Meyer is the new head coach of the Jaguars.
Meyer, one of the most successful coaches in college football history, was named head coach of the Jaguars on Wednesday. The team announced the news in a statement on Wednesday.
Meyer, 56, was a college coach in Bowling Green, Utah, Florida and Ohio State. He went 187-32 as a varsity coach, coaching Florida to national titles after the 2006 and 2008 seasons and Ohio State to a national title after the 2014 season. He went 17-6 at Bowling Green (2001 -2002), 22-2 in Utah (2003-2004), 65-15 in Florida (2005-2010) and 83-9 at Ohio State (2012-2018).
Meyer, who will succeed Doug Marrone in the post, becomes the sixth permanent head coach of the Jaguars’ 27 seasons. Tom Coughlin was head coach from 1995 to 2002, with Jack Del Rio in the role from 2003 to 2011, Mike Mularkey in 2012, Gus Bradley in 2013-2016 and Marrone in 2017-2020.
The Jaguars went 1-15 in 2020 and enter the offseason holding the No. 1 overall selection in the 2021 NFL Draft. This is the first time the Jaguars have held the No. 1 selection.
The Jaguars general manager position remains open, with the team firing David Caldwell from that position on November 29.
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