Urban Meyer was a legend when he coached the Florida Gators from 2005-2010 and brought home two National Championships before stepping down with health issues, but is there a chance he will come back and become the head coach again in 2025?
Billy Napier Is On The Hot Seat
Current Florida head coach Billy Napier is heading into his third season with the team, and this very well may be his last. He has failed to finish over .500 in his first two seasons. The Gators have the hardest schedule out of every team in the SEC this season, so getting to six wins and making a bowl game will be very tough. Even if he does somehow make a bowl game, he could most likely get fired if the team shows no signs of real improvement.
If Napier were to get fired after the season, the Gators would have to hire a coach with a track record of winning games, and why not go back to the guy who brought home two titles for the school in the mid-2000s in Urban Meyer?
Urban Meyer Is Always Itching To Coach
Urban Meyer is always looking for a chance to coach, even if he doesn’t come out and say it. When he left Florida in 2010, he waited a year and got the Ohio State job. When he left there in 2018, he waited a few years and got the Jacksonville Jaguars job. Now, he has been out of coaching for a few seasons and has to want to get back, so there is no better place than returning to Florida.
Meyer will be 60 this year, so he still has many good coaching years left. We just saw Alabama head coach Nick Saban retire at 72, so Meyer could coach five to seven seasons at Florida if he were to go back there.
Florida also needs to start winning football games now. They haven’t been a real threat in the SEC since Meyer was there 15 years ago.
Gators fans have watched their arch-rival Georgia take over the conference, and the college football world and Meyer would not stand for that if he were still coaching at Florida.
Florida has to call Urban Meyer if the job opens next season and don’t hang up until he 100% says no because the program needs a new change in direction, and maybe getting the guy who won many games and titles for you years ago is the same guy to bring you back to being relevant.