The Ohio State Buckeyes have announced the hiring of Head Coach Urban Meyer, after a one-year stint as an ESPN analyst. The 47 year-old head coach will get a chance to return to the team that gave him his start as head coach in 1986. Meyer resigned as head coach of the Florida Gators, due to health and family concerns, but after just one year on the sidelines, Meyer got an offer from a team that he could not say no to.
The deal is a four year one, in which Meyer will be paid a base salary of approximately $4 million, with incentives. He will become one of the highest paid coaches in the NCAA. Meyer won two National Championships with the Gators in six years, and now will try to help the Buckeyes out of a tough year, filled with NCAA violations.
"A year ago in my mind I was convinced I was done coaching," said Meyer, "If not for the coaching position at Ohio State, I would not have coached this year."
