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Urban Meyer’s loyalty to the University of Florida was questioned during the summer amid rumors he would leave for his dream job at Notre Dame.
But coach Meyer gave his heart to the Gators to tie for the fastest college football coach to win 50 games in Division I history, and he led UF to two national titles in three years. However, his heart can no longer handle the stress of coaching one of the country’s elite college football programs.
So under advice from his doctor, Urban Meyer has made the responsible decision to resign as head football coach of the Florida Gators. Before his latest health scare, he clearly had planned on coaching the Gators for awhile. He wrote on his Twitter page in August: “My family and I are dedicated to Florida and are excited to be a Gator for another 6 years. Its great to be a Florida Gator!”
So I was stunned to find out that Meyer will no longer be coaching my alma mater while happening to flip to ESPN just before 8 p.m. Saturday.
But upon researching the facts and assessing the situation, I see that he made the right move. He has a benign cyst on his brain that is aggravated when he’s stressed and imagine the pressure of rebuilding the Gators after losing quarterback Tim Tebow, most of the starters on defense and defensive coordinator Charlie Strong.
Coach Meyer had a heart attack earlier this season, and he was rushed to the hospital for reported dehydration following the Florida’s SEC championship game loss to Alabama earlier this month to break a 22-game win streak and keep the Gators from making their third trip to the national title game in four seasons. It is being reported that he has a major health condition, which is suspected to be his heart.
One of my former co-workers, Tallahassee Democrat sports writer Steve Ellis, told his wife to ignore his heart attack symptoms and let him continue to write a story about Florida State University before calling for help. He ended up dying in November at age 54.
Kudos to Urban Meyer, 45, for recognizing the seriousness of his condition and surrendering his love for coaching football to make the responsible decision for his family, who loves him and depends on him more than Gator Nation, which eventually move on without him.