I-A COACH OF THE YEAR FINALISTS

by: Richard Scott
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With two strong seasons at Bowling Green and two more extraordinary seasons at Utah, Meyer’s immediate success as a head coach led to two more head coaching offers from two major powers this fall, with Meyer eventually picking Florida over Notre Dame.

That’s what happens when you go 38-8 in your first four seasons as a head coach. After 15 seasons as an assistant coach at Ohio State, Illinois State, Colorado State and Notre Dame, Meyer engineered the top turnaround in NCAA Division I-A football with a six-win improvement in his first season at BGSU in 2001. He followed that with a 9-3 record and a move to Utah, where a 10-2 record tied for the best record in school history.

Meyer, 40, and the Utes climbed to yet another level in 2004, going 1....The full article can only be seen by subscribers.
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