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Pat Meyer

{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1972)}}

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| current_team = Pittsburgh Steelers

| position = Offensive line coach

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| birth_place = Youngstown, Ohio, U.S.

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| 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

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.csurams.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/meyer_pat00.html|title=Player Bio: Pat Meyer|work=Colorado State Rams|accessdate=2013-01-27|archive-date=2012-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119071807/http://www.csurams.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/meyer_pat00.html|url-status=dead}} 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

=Early coaching career=

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.{{cite web|url=http://en.montrealalouettes.com/page/pat-meyer|title=Pat Meyer|work=Montreal Alouettes|accessdate=2013-01-27|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120083557/http://en.montrealalouettes.com/page/pat-meyer|archivedate=2013-01-20}} 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.{{cite web|last=Mayer|first=Larry|url=http://www.chicagobears.com/news/article-1/Trestman-determined-to-keep-Cutler-protected/209bfa38-d10a-4b0c-856f-560a525fba67|title=Trestman determined to keep Cutler protected|publisher=Chicago Bears|date=2013-01-24|accessdate=2013-01-27|archive-date=2013-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126212455/http://www.chicagobears.com/news/article-1/Trestman-determined-to-keep-Cutler-protected/209bfa38-d10a-4b0c-856f-560a525fba67|url-status=dead}}

=Chicago Bears=

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.{{cite news|last=Potash|first=Mark|url=http://blogs.suntimes.com/bears/2013/01/bears_hire_pat_meyer_as_assist.html|title=Bears hire Pat Meyer as assistant offensive line coach|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|date=2013-01-24|accessdate=2013-01-27|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130010456/http://blogs.suntimes.com/bears/2013/01/bears_hire_pat_meyer_as_assist.html|archivedate=2013-01-30}} On February 12, 2014, Meyer was promoted to offensive line coach.{{cite web|last=Mayer|first=Larry|url=http://www.chicagobears.com/news/article-1/Bears-promote-Meyer-hire-Kim/28cd4f71-8b7e-46b0-a7b3-dcd39b793df3|title=Bears promote Meyer, hire Kim|publisher=Chicago Bears|date=2014-02-12|accessdate=2014-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222234116/http://www.chicagobears.com/news/article-1/Bears-promote-Meyer-hire-Kim/28cd4f71-8b7e-46b0-a7b3-dcd39b793df3|archive-date=2014-02-22|url-status=dead}} He was not retained by the Bears for the 2015 season.{{cite web|last=Wright|first=Michael C.|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/chicago/bears/post/_/id/4697282/ben-wilkerson-joins-bears-coaching-staff|title=Ben Wilkerson joins Bears' coaching staff|publisher=ESPN|date=2015-02-11|access-date=2015-02-11}}

=Buffalo Bills=

On July 31, 2015, Meyer was hired as a football operations consultant for the Buffalo Bills.{{cite web|last=Brown|first=Chris|url=http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-1/Bills-name-Meyer-Football-Operations-Consultant/1713556b-9609-403e-a8f1-3dadee6cb4e9|title=Bills name Meyer Football Operations Consultant|date=2015-07-31|accessdate=2015-07-31|archive-date=2015-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802183132/http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-1/Bills-name-Meyer-Football-Operations-Consultant/1713556b-9609-403e-a8f1-3dadee6cb4e9|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://al.rivals.com/viewcoach.asp?coach=1887&year=2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331133253/https://al.rivals.com/viewcoach.asp?coach=1887&year=2011|archivedate=2016-03-31|title=Pat Meyer|work=Rivals.com|accessdate=2013-01-27}}

=Los Angeles Chargers=

In 2017, Meyer joined the Los Angeles Chargers as the offensive line coach and run game coordinator.{{cite web|url=http://www.kffl.com/team/31/nfl/gnews.php?id=1061810-chargers---pat-meyer-joins-chargers-staff|title=Chargers {{!}} Pat Meyer joins Chargers staff|work=KFFL|date=2017-01-15|accessdate=2017-01-15}}

=Carolina Panthers=

In 2020, Meyer joined the Carolina Panthers as the offensive line coach.He was fired after the 2021 season.{{Cite web|title=Panthers make changes to coaching staff|url=https://www.panthers.com/news/panthers-make-changes-to-coaching-staff-meyer-okam-blackburn|access-date=2022-02-15|website=www.panthers.com|language=en-US}}

=Pittsburgh Steelers=

On February 15, 2022 Meyer joined the Steelers as the team’s offensive line coach.{{Cite web|date=2022-02-15|title=Steelers name Pat Meyer offensive line coach|url=https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/02/15/steelers-name-pat-meyer-offensive-line-coach/|access-date=2022-02-15|website=ProFootballTalk|language=en-US}}

References

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External links

  • [http://www.chicagobears.com/team/coaches/Pat-Meyer/2774d3fb-4e7a-412c-bf39-67be4953c1bc Chicago Bears bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420212225/http://www.chicagobears.com/team/coaches/Pat-Meyer/2774d3fb-4e7a-412c-bf39-67be4953c1bc |date=2013-04-20 }}
  • [https://archive.today/20130216042241/http://www.gopack.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/meyer_pat00.html NC State bio]

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