Notre Dame's Brian Kelly has Urban Meyer's backing
By: Sean O'Shea | Published Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 6:37 PM | Updated Friday, September 9, 2011, 9:26 PM
Now that
Brian Kelly has won the endorsement of
Florida's
Urban Meyer, the best coach in college football when he was active, the wisdom of the
Notre Dame move to pick him is looking better than ever.
As
ESPN reported in April 2008, Meyer came back to
Cincinnati to visit his father, who was having health problems. Meyer is a former player at Cincinnati who left in 1986. His sister still works at the university.
A friend on the coaching staff,
Tim Hinton, invited him to watch practice. Meyer came away deeply impressed with how Kelly ran the show and how the team had maximized its potential.
Kelly and his staff traveled to Florida in the summer to visit with Meyer and to talk football with the Gators' coaches.
"It's one of the few times I allowed a staff to do that, but that was because of the respect that I had for what I saw that day (in April '08)," Meyer said.
That is the kind of endorsement that Kelly could not pay enough money for. Meyer has simply been the best coach in college football of his generation.The fact that he was so deeply impressed with Kelly speaks volumes.
Although he is out of football coaching for the foreseeable future, you can bet that Meyer and Kelly will talk.
Ironic isn't it, that Meyer was the chosen one for Notre Dame before he picked Florida and sent
Charlie Weis to
South Bend? Now Kelly is very likely the closest thing left in college football to Meyer.
Roll on this new year!
Now that Brian Kelly has won the endorsement of Florida's Urban Meyer, the best coach in college football when he was active, the wisdom of the Notre Dame move to pick him is looking better than ever.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.edwardkeating | Jan 01, 2010, 06:35 PM EST
regards my comment, father jenkins had three "strikes" in a row.
edwardkeating | Jan 01, 2010, 06:30 PM EST
i think father john jenkins hired brian kelly to coach ND football. he has the knowhow to make a average player into a great one.and has that college sprit that ND needs right now 2010. father jenkins had three in a row. coach brian kelly i think will bring the glory and winning back to ND. mybe...mybe.a national champingship in three to four years. go..go..go..fight-fight-fight-fight coach kelly. "my the luck of the irish be with you".
JosephOCasey | Jan 01, 2010, 01:33 AM EST
Do you read your rubbish before you publish it? How is it that Urban Meyer SENT Charlie Weis to South Bend? You seem to believe that he had control over who ND hired after he turned them down. You are aware that Urban Meyer is not out of football at all. All that drivel about taking care of his health, and how much more important his family and faith are to him than football was a giant load of crap. Keep up if you are going to write as if you are some sort of authority on a subject.