They said, ‘Well, basically you meet with all the agents of the 17-, 18-year-olds,'” said Meyer. “And I thought, ‘I’d rather step on a rusty nail and pull it out myself.' ...

Urban Meyer has been out of coaching since 2021 and last led a college program in 2018, when he retired from Ohio State. Yet his name still surfaces whenever a major job opens.

Fox college football analyst Urban Meyer recently discussed conversations he had about becoming the general manager of a college football team. To say, it doesn’t seem likely that he’ll be ...

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Despite former Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer being out of college football now for over six years, it seems like his name still comes up when there are vacancies in the college game.

Despite Meyer's early interest, he wasn't inclined to take the offer after learning about the job description. In fact, Meyer would rather "step on a rusty nail" than dealing with players' agents.

“I had a school come see me this year and ask if I wanted to be the GM, and a couple other phone calls,” Meyer admitted. “You start to think, okay, they actually came to see me, so we’ll meet.