The idea of a general manager for college football programs has taken hold since the dawn of the NIL era, and many schools have begun to hire someone to fill that role. One ambitious school even tried to get Urban Meyer.
In a recent episode of “The Triple Option” podcast, Meyer admitted he had actually agreed to meet with an unidentified school to learn about what the job might entail. Any interest Meyer might have had waned very quickly.
“I had a school come see me this year and ask if I wanted to be the GM, and a couple other phone calls,” Meyer admitted. “You start to think, okay, they actually came to see me, so we’ll meet. I’ll sit down with you guys. I said, ‘Okay, what is the job description?’
“They said, ‘Basically, you meet with all the agents of the 17- and 18-year-olds.’ I thought, I’d rather step on a rusty nail and pull it out myself.”
The GM role is becoming extremely important, and most programs have them now. Bill Belichick wasted no time in bringing in a trusted lieutenant to fill the role at North Carolina, for instance. However, the role does not really fit Meyer’s skillset, and it clearly is not something he would want to do.
Meyer still gets linked to certain head coaching jobs, despite his repeated claims that he is finished coaching. If he is willing to hear out a pitch about a GM job, people are going to keep doubting that assertion.
