![]() From her deep tan and honeyblonde hair to her warm and breezy disposition, she’ s essentially bottled sunshine. She may be a proud Buckeye now, but Shelley definitely brings a little Florida with her everywhere she goes. We just lived our lives.” Using her voice This was just what he did he coached football. “When he talked back then about being a coach, I didn’t really know about the lifestyle. “We had no idea what lay ahead,” she says. “Since I was from this small town, he was just very intriguing to me.” “ had nothing to do with his being an athlete,” she says. Meanwhile, she met “UB,” a cute defensive back with a great sense of humor. I liked the relationship element something just clicked.” “This was all about listening to him and helping him figure out some ways to cope. “I hated the task-oriented part of nursing,” she says. Working with a Vietnam War veteran struggling with depression motivated her to focus on psychiatric nursing. Waiting until sophomore year wouldn’ t fly for Shelley. At the University of Cincinnati they allowed students to begin the nursing program immediately. Though she was accepted by Ohio State, Shelley ultimately selected the University of Cincinnati to follow in the footsteps of her maternal grandmother, who worked as a nurse in a veterans’ hospital for nearly 30 years. Later that year, at 18, she left home for the first time. In 1983, she was named queen of the Ross County Fair. “It was so quiet.” A natural athlete, Shelley played three sports at Adena High School in nearby Frankfort. “It was just so different,” she says, thinking of her own kids’ experiences. She attended church twice a week, and going out to dinner was a treat she enjoyed but few times a year. Shelley’ s self-described “farm girl” upbringing was spent baling hay, working in the garden and running around in the fields. Her stepmother Marlene, who raised her after Shelley’ s mother died in a car accident, was a homemaker. Her father Greg worked on the railroad and on the family farm. We had to go to the laundromat in Frankfort to do our laundry I remember running around in there for hours on Saturdays, playing with the little carts.” “When I go back now, which isn’t too often, I realize just how simple life was,” Shelley says. Shelley grew up on a farm in Lattaville, Ohio, a strip of Ross County land so tiny that many residents use the nearby small town of Chillicothe to describe where they live. Soon she’ ll also be a grandmother, and she recently added “ designer” to her list of titles after launching an athleisure line in mid-2016.Īt 51, Ohio’ s first lady of football has more on her plate than ever. In addition to playing the role of loudest Buckeye cheerleader, her list of designations includes rock star mom-to Nicki, Gigi and Nate-psychiatric nurse, teacher, fitness instructor and philanthropist. But that’ s the thing about Shelley Meyer: sitting pretty isn’t really her style. With Urban now at the helm of Buckeye football, one of the most coveted gigs in college athletics, she could have saved her energy for cheering on the Scarlet and Gray at the Shoe on Saturdays. Considering how she had persuaded husband Urban to sign the infamous “ pink contract,” in which he promised to slow down, take care of himself and make more time for the family, no one would have judged her for taking a little time off herself. After concluding a rewarding yet rough time in Gainesville, Florida, and landing back in her home state, Shelley could have filled her calendar with long lunches and spa visits. ![]()
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