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Football Coach Who Is Two-Time BCS Champ Joins ESPN as Studio and Game Analyst

Jan 31, 2011  •  Post A Comment

ESPN has just hired one of the nation’s best  football coaches to join the network as a game and studio analyst.

It’s former University of Florida head football coach Urban Meyer, ESPN announced today.

The announcement said that Meyer "will work a weekly regular-season game (specific assignment to be determined) and select post-season bowl games. He will also provide studio analysis throughout the year on ESPN’s daily College Football Live program; NFL Draft, spring games; and bowl games, including during the network’s on-site BCS coverage.

"In addition, Meyer will contribute to ESPN’s popular Saturday morning College GameDay Built by The Home Depot series (from his game site), make weekly appearances on ESPN Radio, and provide analysis on SportsCenter and additional ESPN outlets."

According to the announcement, Meyer "recently served as a guest studio analyst for ESPN’s coverage of the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game. He appeared on SportsCenter, College GameDay, College Football Live, and during the pregame, halftime and postgame segments."

As for Meyer’s coaching career, the announcement noted, "Meyer – with 25 years of coaching experience, 10 as a head coach — resigned from Florida at the conclusion of the 2010 season. In his six years with Florida, he guided the Gators to a pair of BCS National Championships, two Southeastern Conference Championships, three Southeastern Conference Eastern Division crowns and a January bowl game each season, including three BCS Bowls. Meyer is the first coach to win two BCS National Championships, is one of only two coaches in SEC history to win outright national titles and one of five coaches to win a pair of National Championships in his first four years at a school. He became the first coach in Football Bowl Subdivision history to post consecutive 13-win seasons (2008 and 2009) and is the only coach to record three 13-win seasons in a four-year span."

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