After the firing of Clay Helton, USC is on the lookout for a new head coach. It won’t be Urban Meyer, according the recently-minted Jaguars head coach.
“There’s no chance. I’m here and committed to trying to build an organization,” Meyer said (Twitter link via NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport).
Meyer made the long-anticipated jump to the pros in January, inking a lucrative long-term deal with the Jaguars. The news was met with mixed reactions and a few raised eyebrows, chiefly from those who wondered if he’d go back to college like other well-known NCAA coaches before him.
“Zero chance at that happening,” Meyer said in March. “What coach [Nick] Saban went through, I don’t know. That’s Coach Saban’s business. I’m not quite sure. At some point, I might talk to him about it…he’s a friend of mine and I got great respect for him.
“It is different. It’s completely different. My mind is set. There’s gonna be some losses. That’s gonna be miserable. I hate losing. We all do. But the reality is that you’re gonna lose. Hopefully you win more than you lose. But that’s something that’s gonna be new to me. I have to get my mind right and I’m working on that.”
The Jaguars did in fact start their season with a loss, falling 37-21 to the Texans. Meyer & Co. will look to get to .500 on Sunday when they take on the Broncos in Jacksonville.
So when can we expect the announcement of him as USC’s head coach? Week 8?
Having to deny rumors after 1 week is a terrible look! Clearly USC reached out to him; or vice versa.
I’m sure there was no contact. Just a silly reporter fishing with nonsense and him being polite and answering it. Nothing more to read into it. That’s how you get your questions ignored in the future, though.
We’ll see. But it’s the exact same thing Saban did in Miami. Deny, deny, deny; then take the Bama contract.
And Herman did it to UH after the UT job opened up.
Agree with Gabe here. I’m not saying he’ll never return to college, but it won’t be this year or for USC. He lives in Florida. It’s year 1 of his rebuild, and there’s no real pressure. It’d be a foolish move.
He’s being connected because of his name value, as many coaches will be.
yeah, probably just another garbage story that had a source along the lines of “an insider”
He has to give his announcement of health concerns first.
First is the rule breaking. Then quitting for health issues before he gets caught and punished. Then time off, before accepting a new coaching job.
Well, he already broke the vaccine rule, if that counts.
I think he will last at least 1 full season in the NFL. Leaving any time during the season would look terrible even in comparison to other big name college coaches who failed at this level.
This is why I don’t get the point in the media asking him after week 1 this question. Who in their right mind would ever say yes even if it was true?
He will leave he can cheat easier in college and young dudes will respect him. His own team full of lousy players are already laughing at him.
He would crawl to South Bend on his knees today if the Notre Dame job was on the table
No he wouldn’t. He’s done with college ball.
Honestly, I don’t think Urban makes it a full year as HC of the jags. I bet he steps down by week 10
Well, at least Meyer’s track record tells us we can believe everything he says…
(/s, for those who need…)
i’m shocked, shocked at the suggestion that a college football coach would be looking for job somewhere else and then deny it.
Clicking this article should come with a sound of audible chimes and a deep voiced narrator saying “…for now.”
Nick Saban and Bobby Petrino say hello.
Two and done….
Urban Meyer has a long history of telling the truth – unless he doesn’t.