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Just 13 games into a five-year contract, Urban Meyer is out as the Jacksonville Jaguars’ head coach. He finished 2-11 — leaving him with more college national championships (three) than NFL wins — and stunted the development of franchise quarterback Trevor Lawrence, but Meyer’s demise didn’t come because of Sundays. The team went 1-15 last season and has had one winning year since 2008. Owner Shad Khan is used to losing. Meyer wasn’t.

Meyer’s .854 win percentage — over 17 seasons with four schools — is the third-best in FBS history. He had never been fired. He was lured to the NFL by a contract reportedly worth roughly $9 million per year, by the challenge so many college coaches have sought and so few have achieved, including Nick Saban. Meyer saw himself incapable of falling short of the visions in his head. He believed he was untouchable. He believed failure was for mortals, such as Bobby Petrino and Greg Schiano and Steve Spurrier. But Meyer’s playbook doesn’t work in the NFL.

He is a bully who can instill fear in kids, but not in pros pulling down seven figures per season. He is a dictator who lacks self-awareness, who left the land he ruled and lost his cult following. He had zero NFL wins and believed he was the only person on the Jaguars with nothing to prove. And unlike many college coaches who make the leap, Meyer had no previous experience in an NFL locker room.