Ohio State Urban Meyer named BTN Big Ten Coach of the Decade by BTN

07/04/2020 USA


One of the most successful coaches in the history of college football has been named the best of the 2010s.

Urban Meyer, now retired after a seven-year career at Ohio State, was honored as coach of the Big Ten of the decade by BTN, winning the pick over James Franklin, Mark Dantonio, Paul Chryst, Ryan Day, Kirk Ferentz, Jim Harbaugh and others.

A panel of 24 experts, including Meyer, former Buckeyes players Joshua Perry, James Laurinaitis and Stanley Jackson, voted for the Big Ten All-Decade team, which has been launched throughout the week.

Meyer’s seven years in Columbus featured an 83-9 record with a 54-4 record in the Big Ten games. He led the Buckeyes to a national championship victory to end the 2014 season, capturing the final prize in the first ever college football playoff. His teams captured the conference title in 2014, 2017, and 2018.

Perhaps most importantly for a lot of fans, the Buckeyes won all seven games they played against Michigan while Meyer patrolled the touch line. He dominated the Wolverines in the Brady Hoke era, and never slipped towards Jim Harbaugh.

Even with his last season as Ohio State coach clouded by a three-game suspension stemming from the Zach Smith scandal, his success on the field was unmatched by the other Big Ten coaches in the 2010s. No other coach from Big Ten won a national title, made multiple playoff appearances, beat their main rival so consistently, averaged less than one conference loss a year, or had more than 11 wins per season.

Meyer accomplished it all, making him the only reasonable option as the decade’s Big Ten coach.

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