Urban Meyer reveals hilarious reaction to request to become CFB general manager

The advent of NIL and the transfer portal has brought about the creation of several new jobs in college sports. And former coach Urban Meyer had a hilarious reaction when discussing one of them on The Triple Option podcast this week.

The long-time head man, with stops at Florida and Ohio State, among others, was discussing general manager positions. The show had on Jim Nagy, who recently left an executive position with the Senior Bowl to become the general manager at Oklahoma.

Turns out Urban Meyer has also been approached about being a general manager. His interest level? Well…

“I don’t know if I even told (co-hosts) Rob (Stone) and Mark (Ingram) this, but I had a school come see me this year and ask if I wanted to be the GM,” Meyer said on the air. “And a couple other phone calls. And you start to think, ‘OK, they actually came to see me,’ so I said, ‘Yeah, I’ll meet and I’ll sit down with you guys.’ I said, ‘OK, what is the job description?’ They said, ‘Well, basically you meet with all the agents of the 17-, 18-year-olds.’

“And I thought, ‘I’d rather step on a rusty nail and pull it out myself.'”

So count Urban Meyer out on that one. Long regarded as one of the nation’s best recruiters, he doesn’t seem overly keen on keeping up with everything it takes to land players and keep them these days.

But while he may not be interested in a general manager position, others have proven to be. Nagy, for one.

“If that’s what you’ve got to do, Jim, God bless you,” Urban Meyer said. The whole panel on the podcast had a hearty laugh.

The truth of the matter is Nagy wasn’t the first and won’t be the last. Several big names have joined the ranks in the general manager category in recent months.

Stanford tapped Andrew Luck. Cal hired Ron Rivera. North Carolina snagged Michael Lombardi. All come with various expertise and knowledge levels of the game, but all have impressive resumes.

As the sport continues to move toward the new order with more regulated NIL and updated transfer portal restrictions, general managers will be needed. Urban Meyer just won’t be one of them.