We already knew that the Jacksonville Jaguars’ decision to hire Urban Meyer as their head coach in 2021 was one of the worst decisions in the history of pro football, because Meyer was quite possible the worst head coach in pro football history. The former college football legend couldn’t stop tripping over his own ego, and we already knew about several instances of this that went from downright embarrassing to absolutely fireable.
Now, in a new article over at The Athletic (subscription required and encouraged), written by Jayson Jenks and Mike Sando, we’re learning that what we knew about Meyer’s disastrous tenure with the Jaguars — which didn’t even last one full season — was even worse than we thought.
Based on that article, here are the worst things we didn’t yet know until today about Urban Meyer, NFL head coach. Really, if any team ever hires Meyer again at any level, serious questions should be asked.