Ohio State introduces Urban Meyer as new head coach
Urban Meyer was officially introduced as Ohio State's new head football coach at a press conference Monday, ending weeks of speculation.
Ohio State introduces Urban Meyer as new head coach
Urban Meyer was officially introduced as Ohio State’s new head football coach at a press conference Monday, ending weeks of speculation.
Meyer, the two-time (2006, 2008) national champion coach at Florida who stepped down after last season, reportedly agreed to a six-year contract that includes $4 million in annual pay plus bonuses. The 47-year-old is an Ohio native and served as an Ohio State assistant in 1986-87.
Luke Fickell, who served as the interim coach this season, will stay on the Buckeyes' staff as an assistant.
Rumors swirled in early October that Penn State had reached out to Meyer to succeed then-coach Joe Paterno. Before working the broadcast of the Penn State's home game against Iowa on Oct. 8, Meyer told The Inquirer that there was no truth to those rumors.
--Jake Kaplan
This season is Joe's fourth season on the paper's Penn State beat. He previously covered the Nittany Lions for United Press International from 1976 to 1984.
Emily Kaplan is the Inquirer’s fall intern covering the Nittany Lions. She is a senior at Penn State and has covered a variety of sports for the university’s student-run paper, The Daily Collegian. Over the last two years, she has reported for The Associated Press from State College.
A Montclair, N.J. native, she has also interned at MLB Network, NHL.com and covered the 2012 Olympics in London. Follow her on Twitter here @EKaplan24.
