Pat Meyer
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
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| Position: | Offensive line coach |
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| Born: | April 5, 1972 Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Girard (OH) |
| College: | Colorado State |
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Pat Meyer (born April 5, 1972) is an American football coach, currently the offensive line coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He formerly served as the offensive line coach for the Carolina Panthers.
Playing career
[edit]After being a five-sport letterman at Girard High School in football, wrestling, basketball, baseball and track, Meyer played college football for Colorado State as an offensive lineman from 1991–1994, earning All-Western Athletic Conference honors for three consecutive years, and in his final season, Meyer played four different positions.[1] He was later signed by the Arizona Cardinals in 1995, and played for the St. Louis Stampede of the Arena Football League the following season.
Coaching career
[edit]Early coaching career
[edit]In 1997, Meyer became a graduate assistant for the Memphis Tigers, and later worked in the school's strength and conditioning department, and spent five months in 2000 as the director. Meyer later joined the NC State Wolfpack as the head strength and conditioning coach, and in 2004, he was named head of the entire athletic department's strength programs, which he would hold until 2006, in which he joined Florida State as strength coach. In 2008, Meyer joined his alma mater as the offensive line coach, and became the offensive coordinator in 2011. In 2012, Meyer joined the Canadian Football League's Montreal Alouettes as the offensive coordinator/offensive line coach.[2] During the season, the Alouettes finished third in the league in scoring with 26.6 points per game, was tied for first in touchdowns with 51 and fewest sacks allowed with 30.[3]
Chicago Bears
[edit]On January 24, 2013, Meyer was hired by former Alouettes head coach Marc Trestman to become the Chicago Bears' assistant offensive line coach; Meyer was the third Alouettes assistant to join the Bears, following tight ends coach Andy Bischoff and assistant defensive line coach Michael Sinclair.[4] On February 12, 2014, Meyer was promoted to offensive line coach.[5] He was not retained by the Bears for the 2015 season.[6]
Buffalo Bills
[edit]On July 31, 2015, Meyer was hired as a football operations consultant for the Buffalo Bills.[7][8]
Los Angeles Chargers
[edit]In 2017, Meyer joined the Los Angeles Chargers as the offensive line coach and run game coordinator.[9]
Carolina Panthers
[edit]In 2020, Meyer joined the Carolina Panthers as the offensive line coach.He was fired after the 2021 season.[10]
Pittsburgh Steelers
[edit]On February 15, 2022 Meyer joined the Steelers as the team’s offensive line coach.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Player Bio: Pat Meyer". Colorado State Rams. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ^ "Pat Meyer". Montreal Alouettes. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ^ Mayer, Larry (January 24, 2013). "Trestman determined to keep Cutler protected". Chicago Bears. Archived from the original on January 26, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ^ Potash, Mark (January 24, 2013). "Bears hire Pat Meyer as assistant offensive line coach". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ^ Mayer, Larry (February 12, 2014). "Bears promote Meyer, hire Kim". Chicago Bears. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
- ^ Wright, Michael C. (February 11, 2015). "Ben Wilkerson joins Bears' coaching staff". ESPN. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ Brown, Chris (July 31, 2015). "Bills name Meyer Football Operations Consultant". Archived from the original on August 2, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ "Pat Meyer". Rivals.com. Archived from the original on March 31, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ^ "Chargers | Pat Meyer joins Chargers staff". KFFL. January 15, 2017. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
- ^ "Panthers make changes to coaching staff". www.panthers.com. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
- ^ "Steelers name Pat Meyer offensive line coach". ProFootballTalk. February 15, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Chicago Bears bio Archived 2013-04-20 at the Wayback Machine
- NC State bio
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