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This Week's Question: Where Do You Rank Urban Meyer in the Pantheon of Ohio State Coaching Greats?

Jason Priestas's picture
December 17, 2018 at 8:00am
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Urban Meyer's retirement has us thinking: Where do you slot Urban in the pantheon of great Ohio State football coaches. He's certainly in the top three, but where exactly?

Coach Term W L T Win% B1G Titles National Championships CFB Hall of Fame
FRANCIS SCHMIDT 1934–1940 39 16 1 .705 2 0 YES
PAUL BROWN 1941–1943 18 8 1 .685 1 1 NO
WOODY HAYES 1951–1978 205 61 10 .761 13 5 YES
EARLE BRUCE 1979–1987 81 26 1 .755 4 0 YES
JOHN COOPER 1988–2000 111 43 4 .715 3 0 YES
JIM TRESSEL 2001–2010 94 22 0 .810 6 1 YES
URBAN MEYER 2012–2018 82 9 0 .901 3 1 SOON

Dating back to Wes Fesler's tenure (1947–1950), the last five permanent head coaches at Ohio State have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame (Fesler, Hayes, Bruce, Cooper and Tressel). Meyer will certainly make it six.

Most of these coaches are not without their share of minor scandals or black eyes, either, which must be taken into account.

So, who are your top three Ohio State football coaches of all time, ranked? And why?

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