“I can think of dozens of players who have been bettered because of her conversations.”īut as the Meyers have moved throughout the country, she has pursued her own interests, too - finding work at nursing schools and gyms.
It’s how you solve those issues, and she’s a pro,” Urban Meyer said. She has been known to exchange cellphone numbers with players, wanting to counsel them through personal and academic challenges. Off the field, too, Meyer is highly involved with her husband’s teams. “It’s a football game you can’t just sit there.” Shocked as he was, the stunt wasn’t entirely out of character for a woman who, in her younger years, used to black out from screaming so loudly at games. Before one Florida game, as Urban watched ESPN’s College GameDay from his hotel room, he saw a male cheerleader hoisting Shelley above his head, one foot in each of his hands. When her husband coached at Utah, Shelley called a sports radio show to add her opinions. And, in the last row of the section, no one will yell at her again for standing and cheering throughout the game.įor Meyer, 47, football is not something to be enjoyed quietly. In scouting her seat at Ohio Stadium, Shelley Meyer rejected the first row, as recommended by the Athletic Department: too low to see the field. Said Gigi: “I don’t think my dad could function without my mom.” “They were meant for each other,” Nicki said. Nicki and Gigi both called their mom “the rock,” especially in discussing the time when their dad’s stress compromised his mental and physical well-being.
Brigid of Kildare School in Dublin, and frequently watches daughters Nicki and Gigi play volleyball at Georgia Tech and Florida Gulf Coast University - often yelling louder than their coaches.Īnd she plays an indispensable role at home, where “family” has become a permanent part of conversations about her husband’s career since he twice quit coaching at Florida to refocus his priorities. She cares for son Nate, a seventh-grader at St.
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