{"id":318093,"date":"2025-11-28T05:56:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T05:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/318093\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T05:56:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T05:56:07","slug":"urban-meyer-ranks-his-top-coaches-in-college-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/318093\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Meyer ranks his top coaches in college football"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a three-time national champion, Urban Meyer<\/a> knows good coaching when he sees it. On The Triple Option podcast, Meyer revealed who he believes are currently the top coaches in college football.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have Ryan Day<\/a>, Kirby Smart<\/a>, Dabo [Swinney]<\/a>,\u201d Meyer said<\/a>. \u201cI just know how hard it is to win a national title, and they won two. Coach Day\u2019s won one. So, I have them there. You\u2019re \u2018the man,\u2019 until someone beats the man.\u201d<\/p>\n

As it is for most coaches, winning is the most important measuring stick for Meyer. Day, Smart and Swinney are the only three active college football coaches who have won a national championship. As Meyer mentioned, Smart and Swinney have each won two.<\/p>\n

With Ohio State currently ranked No. 1 in the country, Day has excellent odds of following in their footsteps this season. Meyer\u2019s praise is an accolade of its own.<\/p>\n

He was inducted into the into the College Football Hall of Fame this year and is one of the most-accomplished collegiate coaches of all time. He and Nick Saban<\/a> are the only two coaches to even win national titles as head coach at multiple schools.<\/p>\n

While Meyer respects winning titles above all else, he knows there are plenty of other excellent coaches across the nation. Meyer made sure to give them their flowers, as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen, I got [Curt] Cignetti<\/a>, [Lane] Kiffin<\/a>, [Dan] Lanning<\/a>, [Jon] Sumrall<\/a>\u201d Meyer said. \u201cThe Sumrall guy\u2014done some research on him at Tulane<\/a>\u2014I think he\u2019s an up-and-comer. Then, also, I gotta throw these names out, [Kalen] DeBoer<\/a> and [Kyle] Whittingham<\/a>. If I\u2019m saying the best coaches I\u2019ve ever been around, Kyle Whittingham is either 1 or 1a.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jon Sumrall is the only coach on Meyer\u2019s list who is not currently at the helm of a Power Four program. Sumrall\u2019s name has been popular in the coaching carousel this season, with numerous reports tying him to the opening at Auburn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Though none of the coaches who later came to Meyer\u2019s mind have won it all, several of them will have a legitimate chance this season. Cignetti\u2019s Indiana Hoosiers<\/a> are undefeated and ranked second in the nation. Dan Lanning and Oregon<\/a> trail just four spots behind at No. 6.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Ole Miss<\/a> head coach Lane Kiffin is the most sought-after coach in the country, with LSU<\/a> and Florida<\/a> both hoping to lure him out of Oxford, Mississippi. Perhaps one of Urban Meyer\u2019s picks will increase their standing with an excellent postseason this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As a three-time national champion, Urban Meyer knows good coaching when he sees it. On The Triple Option…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301946,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[121561,399,129371,398,396,397,127030,99,18421],"class_list":{"0":"post-318093","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-dabo-swinney-90-pelham","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-kirby-smart-95-bainbridge","11":"tag-ncaa","12":"tag-ncaa-football","13":"tag-ncaafootball","14":"tag-ryan-day-97-manchester-central","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-urban-meyer-82-ss-john-paul"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}