"Went to University of Notre Dame for $55,000": 3x national champ Urban Meyer recalls struggles while building coaching career 

Urban Meyer talked about how much he earned for some of his first jobs in the world of college football this week. He said that as a wide receivers coach at Notre Dame between 1996 and 2000, he earned $55,000 per year. The number will come as a shock in a world in which an average coach at a top program can upwards of $1 million.

This goes to show how the world of college football has changed over the years, becoming more and more profitable for everyone involved.

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"I went to the University of Notre Dame for $55,000," Meyer said on Wednesday's episode of the "Triple Option" show (Timestamp: 37:00). Shelly (Mather Meyer) had to work, just for survival money, and then I got my first head coaching job at Bowling Green for the grand sum of $100,000.

"We couldn't sell our house at South Bend (Indiana), and we were paying two house payments and Shel comes up to me and she goes: How are we going to make this work? ... We couldn't make it work"

In the end, things worked out for coach Meyer, who had lucrative coaching stints with the Utah Utes, Florida Gators, Ohio State Buckeyes and Jacksonville Jaguars.

Urban Meyer doesn't believe Ohio State will fire Ryan Day even if the Buckeyes lose to Tennessee

Sixth-ranked Ohio State (10-2, the No. 8 seed in the CFP) hosts seventh-ranked Tennessee (10-2, No. 9 CFP) on Saturday in the College Football Playoff. Many believe that if the Buckeyes fail to advance to the next round, the school will dispense him for next season. But Urban Meyer is not of that opinion.

"They will not do that now," Meyer said on "The Herd with Colin Cowherd. "There's no chance they'll do that now. Because, Colin, if you made that change, you'll lose the roster. They can't do that. ... I don't believe that they do that. It would just be too much pressure for Coach Day and that staff, so, no, I don't believe they do that,"

Urban Meyer would know a thing or two regarding the Buckeyes, as he is the last coach to win a national title for the Big Ten school (in 2014). The Buckeyes' game will start at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday on ABC and ESPN.

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