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Jaguars Name Urban Meyer as Head Coach

Urban Meyer, who coached college teams at Bowling Green, Utah, Florida, and Ohio State, has been named as the head coach of the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars.

Official statement from Jaguars’ owner Shad Khan, welcoming Urban Meyer as his new HC. pic.twitter.com/BCd7DEHkDI

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 14, 2021

The Jaguars have the first pick in April's draft. It will likely be Clemson's Trevor Lawrence (or perhaps Ohio State's Justin Fields, though Meyer left Ohio State before Fields transferred there from Georgia) running Meyer's version of the spread offense in Jacksonville.