Coach Meyer's programs achieve academically
He has fine graduation success rates and Academic Progress Rate scores
COLUMBUS, Ohio – It really shouldn’t come as a surprise that 44 Ohio State football players had a grade point average over 3.00 for the winter quarter, head coach Urban Meyer’s first at Ohio State, and a total that is second-most by the football team in the last five academic quarters.
It is not surprising because Ohio State traditionally boasts outstanding accomplishments from its student-athletes. Consider:
- A school-record 548 student-athletes will be named OSU Scholar-Athletes this year;
- Ohio State typically leads the Big Ten in annual Distinguished Scholars – those with a 3.70 or above grade point average for the year – and in Academic All-Big Ten Conference honorees; and
- The football program has had the No. 1 Academic Progress Rate score among the Top 15 teams in the nation twice in the last three years, and its impressive 985 APR among all bowl teams in 2011-12 ranked fourth.
It also isn’t surprising because Meyer’s student-athletes and his programs, historically, achieve academically.
Meyer’s eight teams that have been rated with an Academic Progress Rate score – two at Utah and six at Florida – have a fine, single year average APR score of 966. This figure is not only considerably higher than the average Division I football score of 936 between 2003 and 2010, but it also places Meyer second among all coaches who have led a team to a BCS championship game.
While the single-year score is based on the number of student-athletes on that team, the multi-year APR provides the most accurate average APR for coaches who have been at an institution four consecutive years. And even using the multi-year average, Meyer’s last four Florida teams have the second-highest APR among championship game coaches with a 975 score.
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