Urban Meyer: 'No chance' I leave Jacksonville Jaguars for USC job

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jaguars coach Urban Meyer was one of the most successful coaches in college football history, winning three national championships in 17 seasons.

But he has no plans to return to that level after making the jump to the NFL in January with Jacksonville. He refuted published reports that he may have an interest in the vacant USC job.

''There's no chance,'' Meyer said during his Wednesday morning news conference. ''I'm here committed to try and build an organization.''

The USC job came open Monday when Clay Helton was fired after six seasons. In his final game, Helton watched the Trojans unravel in a 42-28 loss to Stanford.

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Meyer led Florida to national championships in 2006 and 2008 and Ohio State to a national title in 2014. He had a 187-32 record as a college coach, including 12-3 in bowl games. Meyer's 85.4% winning percentage is the third-best in Football Bowl Subdivision history.

But in his much-anticipated NFL coaching debut, Meyer suffered an embarrassing 37-21 loss against the Houston Texans this past Sunday at NRG Stadium. The Texans overhauled their roster this season with 33 new players, and quarterback Deshaun Watson's future with the franchise is uncertain after requesting a trade and facing 22 civil lawsuits in which he is accused of sexual assault and misconduct.

The Jaguars appeared disorganized with players lining up wrong, having to burn to timeouts to avoid delay of game penalties, appearing to have chaos inserting defensive players in and out of the game and getting flagged once for having 12 players in the huddle. They also were penalized 10 times for 82 yards. Eight were against the offense, including an illegal formation on their first offensive play of the game.

No. 1 overall pick Trevor Lawrence passed for 332 yards and three touchdowns, but he was intercepted three times.

''I was warned many, many times it's a journey, it's not a sprint,'' Meyer said. ''And we're healthy, where attitudes are good and we have good players and we're building something.''

This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Urban Meyer on USC rumors: 'No chance' I leave Jaguars