Episode 284 of “The Sports Experience Podcast” is here & we’re back on the gridiron discussing Steve Spurrier.
A three sport athlete as a high schooler in Tennessee, Spurrier spurned the Volunteers and attended the University of Florida.
Spurrier brought success to the Gators’ program and won the program’s first Heisman Trophy in 1966 as a quarterback.
Though Spurrier suffered through an up-and-down NFL career with San Francisco and the expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he found his ultimate calling in coaching.
Spurrier enjoyed successful stints as an assistant with Duke, as a head coach in the USFL with the Tampa Bay Bandits and then as a head coach back at Duke with his pass happy offensive scheme.
Yet it was at his alma mater in Gainesville where he became one of college football’s best head coaches.
Spurrier brought the “Fun ‘n’ Gun” passing offense to the run heavy SEC in 1990, and then proceeded to dominate college football.
In 12 seasons with the Gators, they finished 122-27-1, won 10+ games eight times, captured the 1996 NCAA title and won six SEC titles.
After a stint with the lowly Washington Redskins from 2002-2003, Spurrier was hired to lead the South Carolina Gamecocks in 2005.
Then over the next 10+ seasons, Spurrier helped South Carolina achieve more success than at any point in their program’s history.
Overall, Spurrier won 228 games as a college head coach, was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2017 and has been best remembered for bringing pass happy offenses to the SEC.
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