Urban Meyer, the third-winningest coach in Division I history who led Ohio State to a national championship, three Big Ten Conference titles and seven wins over Michigan during a seven-year tenure as head coach,
The Ohio State Buckeyes claimed their ninth national championship in program history after beating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 34-23 on Monday night. However, they still had a few major blemishes during the season. The first was losing to their bitter rivals, the Michigan Wolverines, 13-10 and the second was not winning the Big Ten.
Urban Meyer is one of the greatest coaches in Ohio State history. The NCAA icon coached the Buckeyes for seven seasons and achieved remarkable success with the program.
When former Florida and Ohio State coach Urban Meyer reflects on his career, he remembers the losses as much as the wins.
Meyer becomes the eighth coach from Ohio State to be voted into the College Football Hall of Fame joining other Buckeye greats Howard Jones (1910), John Wilce (1913-28), Francis Schmidt (1934-40), Woody Hayes (1951-78), Earle Bruce (1979-87), John Cooper (1988-2000) and Jim Tressel (2001-10).
Notre Dame has reportedly found the next defensive coordinator for Marcus Freeman, pulling a prominent name and former Big Ten head coach back to college football.
Co-defensive coordinator with Luke Fickell for Ohio State’s 2014 national champions, Chris Ash helped coach Urban Meyer’s Buckeyes go 26-2 in 2014-15.
Ryan Day’s name was probably already on the minds of NFL teams before he led Ohio State to a national title, so accomplishing that feat only makes him more desirable. The Buckeyes head coach has spent most of his coaching career at the collegiate level,
In 2014, Ash left Arkansas to be co-defensive coordinator at Ohio State. He worked in tandem with fellow co-coordinator Luke Fickell, focusing on the team's defensive backs and trying to fix a defense that had surrendered 268 passing yards per game the year before.
Urban Meyer hired Ash as co-defensive coordinator for the 2014-15 seasons at Ohio State. In 2014 Ash was part of the Buckeye squad that won the national championship. Ohio State ranked 26th in scoring defense (22.0), 19th in total defense (342.4 YPG) and 25th in yards per play (5.0).
“Sources: Chris Ash has accepted the job as the Notre Dame’s new defensive coordinator,” Thamel wrote on Twitter. “Ash brings a blend of coordinating experience, NFL experience and high-end results as a collegiate coordinator. A deal is expected to be finalized in the near future.”
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