Anthony Schlegel reunites with Urban Meyer in Jacksonville.
Schlegel, a former Ohio State linebacker who later worked for Meyer and the Buckeyes as an assistant coach for strength and conditioning, joins Meyer’s new staff in Jacksonville as the Jaguars’ head strength and conditioning coach, he said. confirmed during 97.1 The Fan’s Morning Juice Monday. .
“You have the opportunity to work for someone you believe in and trust their culture and understand what they want in an organization with Coach Meyer,” Schlegel said. “All gas, no brakes, let’s go.”
Schlegel played for the Buckeyes from 2003 to 05 and played two seasons with the New York Jets and Cincinnati Bengals in the NFL. He returned to Ohio State in 2011 and worked under Mickey Marotti as a coach for strength and conditioning. Famously, Schlegel showed he could still tackle in a game against Cincinnati at Ohio Stadium in 2014, when he killed a student who was running on the field during the field.
After obtaining his MBA from Fisher College of Business in 2015, Schlegel decided to leave Ohio State and start his own company, The Difference USA, which designs power and conditioning equipment for NFL, college, and high school teams. has. Schlegel was also the co-presenter of Morning Juice on 97.1 The Fan.
That said, the opportunity to be a NFL head coach and conditioning coach and work for Meyer was a decision he decided not to let go.
‘It’s something you’ve prepared for; you pray about it, you consult your wife about it, you ask your children about it. You are trying to show them how to make these types of decisions in a godly way. And then you come to the conclusion that this is what you have to do, ‘said Schlegel. “So you trust you have the tools to accomplish the mission.”