Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer set to announce retirement after the Rose Bowl - 10TV

Published: 12/04/18 07:38 am EST

Updated: 12/04/18 08:04 am EST

COLUMBUS, Ohio (10TV) -- The Ohio State athletics department announces that head coach Urban Meyer will announce his retirement on Tuesday afternoon.

Ohio State football says his retirement news conference is scheduled for 2 p.m.

Ohio State says Urban Meyer will coach in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1, but will retire after that game.

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OSU says Athletic Director Gene Smith will name offensive coordinator Ryan Day as the team's 25th head coach at today's news conference. He will start his head coaching duties on Jan. 2.

These first 16 years as a head coach for Meyer, featuring three national championships and a record of 177 wins against just 31 losses for an .851 winning percentage, have been full of accomplishment, achievement and success for which few can compare. Consider:

Meyer is the third-winningest coach in the history of college football (at least 10 years at an FBS school), trailing only Knute Rockne and Frank Leahy
Meyer’s .851 winning percentage is No. 1 among all active coaches with at least five years of experience at an FBS school
He set the major college record with 165 wins through his first 15 seasons as a head coach
Meyer’s 2015 Buckeye senior class was the first Power 5 school to win 50 games over a four-year run (2012-15)
Meyer is the only modern day coach to win national championships coaching in two different conferences and, with championships in 2006 and 2008 at Florida and 2014 at Ohio State, and he is one of only two coaches to win national titles at two different schools
He is the first coach in modern history — since 1937 when the NCAA began keeping records — to win at least 13 games in consecutive years (in 2008 and 2009), three times (2006-08-09) and four times (2006-08-09 at Florida and 2014 at Ohio State)
Meyer is the only coach in major college history to have four different winning streaks of at least 20 games (20 with Utah/Florida; 22 at Florida; 25 with Florida and Ohio State; and 23 at Ohio State). Only eight other coaches have had even two winning streaks of at least 20 games
Meyer won more games his first 10 years — 104 — than all but three coaches in college football history
Meyer reached 100 wins faster than all but one coach — Bud Wilkinson — in the last 57 years and faster than all but five coaches all-time

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.

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