[1] Meyer graduated with a major in physical education from the University of Northern Colorado and excelled in baseball and basketball, being named an NCAA All-American in 1966 while playing in the 1966 NCAA College Division basketball tournament.
[2] Meyer held the record for most wins by a men's basketball coach whose career included at least one stint with an NCAA member school, until it was surpassed by Duke University coach Mike Krzyzewski in November 2011.
Pat Summitt cites Meyer as a major influence on her development as a coach, noting in a 2009 interview: He taught me how to teach others how to play the game.
[4]He had 3 major rules: Meyer had cancer that was discovered in his liver and intestines (bowels[3]) during emergency surgery after a car crash on September 5, 2008.
[5] His lower left leg had to be amputated below the knee due to injuries from the car crash.
On February 22, 2010, Northern State announced that Meyer would be retiring at the end of the 2009–10 season after 38 years of coaching.