Meyer becomes the 14th overall Gator and fifth Florida coach to enter College Football Hall of Fame.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Former University of Florida head football coach Urban Meyer has been elected to the College Football Hall of Fame, the National Football Foundation (NFF) announced on Wednesday.
He becomes the 14th overall Gator and fifth Florida coach to enter the College Football Hall of Fame.
Meyer was the head coach for the Gators from 2005-10, posting an overall record of 65-15 and a SEC mark of 36-12. In six seasons, Meyer guided the Gators to a pair of national championships (2006 and 2008), two Southeastern Conference Championships, three SEC Eastern Division crowns and six-straight January bowl games, including three BCS bowl games.
He was named the All-American Football Foundation Coach of the Year in 2008 and his overall winning percentage of .813 ranks second all-time in program history. Also during his time in Gainesville, Gators earned 57 All-America honors and 113 All-SEC accolades. Tim Tebow also won the Heisman Trophy under Meyer in 2007.
Meyer became the first coach in the history of the Football Bowl Subdivision to post consecutive 13-win seasons (2008 and 2009). He guided the 2008 and 2009 team to a school-record 22 game winning streak, the fourth-longest in the history of the SEC and the longest in the league in 15 years. Between Oct. 4, 2008 and Oct. 2, 2010, his teams won 16-straight SEC games, the second-longest in school history.
Meyer was 11-4 (.733) against top-10 teams at UF and his Gator teams were ranked at one point in 89-consecutive polls, including 67 weeks in the top 10 and 16 weeks at No. 1. At the Swamp under Meyer, the Gators posted a record of 36-5 (.878). Against rivals Georgia, LSU and Florida State, the Gators earned a mark of 13-5 in six seasons under Meyer.
The 2025 College Football Hall of Fame Class will be officially inducted during the 67th NFF Annual Awards Dinner Presented by Las Vegas on Dec. 9.
