And even though nobody supposes Meyer has met the demands of the family contract with exactness, all indications are that he’s stayed true to its spirit. Urban Meyer and the Ohio State Buckeyes enter the 2015 season as the defending national champions and favorites to win the title again this season. Those who follow college football know that Meyer’s career is as good now as it has ever been. So how did that contract work out? If you haven’t caught on yet, Urban Meyer is a winner. After having found work success at the expense of family, he decided to see if he could have both. Urban agreed to the terms and signed the contract. I will find a way to watch Nicki and Gigi play volleyball. I will trust God’s plan and not be overanxious.ĩ. I will continue to communicate daily with my kids.ħ. I will sleep with my cell phone on silent.Ħ. I will not go more than nine hours a day at the office.ĥ. I will go on a trip once a year with Nicki-MINIMUM.Ĥ. I will take care of myself and maintain good health.ģ. His daughter Nicki wrote a family contract he had to sign in order to maintain a healthy work-life balance. So they sat down as a family and agreed Urban would return to coaching, but within very specific parameters. He didn’t want to lose the newfound trust he had earned back during his hiatus. Meyer, ever the competitor, was determined to give coaching another shot, but before he could accept the offer, he needed his family to approve. So, immediately after the 2010 season, right smack in the peak of his career, Meyer walked away from coaching.Īfter spending a year off to recharge and rekindle relationships with his wife and kids, Ohio State University offered Meyer their head coach position in late 2011. He had lost track of what really mattered to him, and his health and family life (i.e. His health began failing in 2009 due to his over-competitive personality and poor choices it turned out there are only so many hours in the day that you can (or should) work. However, shortly after those titles, Meyer’s drive to win pushed him too far. There, he yet again found instant success and went on to win national championships in 20. Known for quickly turning smaller programs into success stories, Meyer took one of the top coaching jobs in the nation in 2005 at the University of Florida.
If keeping his foot on the gas pedal got him to the pinnacle of his profession, he couldn’t very well tap the breaks. The pressure is so high that Meyer, in his darkest hours, “thought things would fall apart or another school would get a leg up if he took 30 minutes to work out at lunch every day.” And considering the successes he had found to that point in his career-thanks to his never-stop approach-it can be easy to understand why Meyer felt this way. When not planning the Xs and Os, coaches are expected to acquire and develop top talent through hyper-competitive recruiting efforts (that often meander into the ridiculous).
For the top programs, there’s a constant pressure to be preparing-for the next play, the next game, the next season. The scrutiny is nonstop-thanks to demanding athletic directors, critical media and delusional fans-and the margin for error can be (literally) a matter of inches.
As the college football season approaches, let’s consider Urban Meyer, one of the most competitive coaches to ever walk the sidelines.įew professions are more competitive and demanding than coaching college football. Surely, there are limits to this notion, you might be thinking. We might as well ask if you can have your cake and eat it too. What we learn about work-life balance from Urban MeyerĬareer success and family success.
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