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🏈 Spurrier retiring?
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South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier is set to retire.
The news was first reported by SportsIllustrated.com's Thayer Evans and confirmed by multiple sources to GamecockCentral.com's Wes Mitchell and Chris Clark.
The news was broken to members of the team following South Carolina's practice on Monday night. According to sources, the retirement is immediate and the Gamecocks will search for an interim coach from the current staff, a coach that is expected to be named on Tuesday morning. Offensive line coach/running game coordinator Shawn Elliott and quarterback/tight ends coach G.A. Mangus are both candidates to be named interim head coach.
Spurrier, 70, is the Gamecocks' all-time winningest coach and in the midst of his eleventh season at the helm of South Carolina's program. He won a national championship at Florida in 1996 and led the Gamecocks to the program's best years on the gridiron. USC was 33-6 from 2011-2013 and won a divisional crown in 2010.
GamecockCentral.com - Spurrier retiring
The news was first reported by SportsIllustrated.com's Thayer Evans and confirmed by multiple sources to GamecockCentral.com's Wes Mitchell and Chris Clark.
The news was broken to members of the team following South Carolina's practice on Monday night. According to sources, the retirement is immediate and the Gamecocks will search for an interim coach from the current staff, a coach that is expected to be named on Tuesday morning. Offensive line coach/running game coordinator Shawn Elliott and quarterback/tight ends coach G.A. Mangus are both candidates to be named interim head coach.
Spurrier, 70, is the Gamecocks' all-time winningest coach and in the midst of his eleventh season at the helm of South Carolina's program. He won a national championship at Florida in 1996 and led the Gamecocks to the program's best years on the gridiron. USC was 33-6 from 2011-2013 and won a divisional crown in 2010.
GamecockCentral.com - Spurrier retiring
BY JOSH KENDALL
jkendall@thestate.com
Steve Spurrier informed his team Monday night that he is retiring and that an interim coach will be named Tuesday, according to a source.
Quarterbacks coach G.A. Mangus is expected to be named the interim head coach, according to another source.
Spurrier, who is 70, has 228-89-2 career record at Duke, Florida and South Carolina. He is the Gamecocks’ all-time winningest coach.
Said USC board of trustee Eddie Floyd: “I’m shocked and I have a lot of sadness, too. I think Coach Spurrier has done so much for us and showed us we can win.”
The Gamecocks are 2-4 (0-4 SEC) to start 2015. Spurrier has never had a losing season as USC’s coach, and the team has been bowl-eligible in all 10 of his first seasons.
While Floyd, namesake for the building at the north endzone of Williams-Brice Stadium, did not expect Spurrier to quit, he noticed a change in the coach during losses at Missouri and LSU in the past two weeks.
“He looked on TV like was real upset,” Floyd said. “It was a look of disbelief.”
Floyd said, personally, he would have preferred Spurrier remain for the rest of the season.
“If he wants to go now, there’s no reason for us to second guess it,” he said.
Spurrier was introduced as USC’s 32nd head coach on Nov. 23, 2004. He is 86-49 overall as USC’s head coach. He surpassed Rex Enright’s school record for wins when he recorded No. 65 at Clemson in the 2012 season finale.
USC trustees chairman Gene Warr learned the news about Spurrier like most others Monday from texts about early media reports.
“He seemed to be troubled by losing,” Warr said. “He’s always been a player who’s won and a coach who’s won.”
Warr would not question Spurrier’s decision to retire immediately: “It’s his life. I’m not in his shoes and don’t know how he feels.”
Warr said Spurrier tolerated the struggle of his early seasons at USC career because “he just knew he would get it done and he did get it done.”
Warr said he did not have a preference on the next coach and would leave the decision to Tanner.
In his first season at South Carolina, Spurrier led the Gamecocks to a 7-5 record and a second-place finish in the SEC Eastern Division. He was honored as the SEC Coach of the Year by the Associated Press after leading the Gamecocks to a school-record five straight SEC wins.
His 2010 USC team posted several milestones en route to a 9-5 season, the biggest of which was the school’s first SEC Eastern Division title and first appearance in the SEC Championship. The Gamecocks defeated No. 1 Alabama along the way. Spurrier that season was named SEC Coach of the Year for the seventh time.
The Gamecocks went on to finish 11-2 in three-straight seasons in 2011, 2012 and 2013.
In 2014, Spurrier led the Gamecocks to a school-record fourth-consecutive bowl victory with a win over Miami in the Duck Commander Independence Bowl.
Andrew Shain contributed to this report. Stay tuned to this developing story.
Steve Spurrier is retiring immediately as South Carolina’s football coach
jkendall@thestate.com
Steve Spurrier informed his team Monday night that he is retiring and that an interim coach will be named Tuesday, according to a source.
Quarterbacks coach G.A. Mangus is expected to be named the interim head coach, according to another source.
Spurrier, who is 70, has 228-89-2 career record at Duke, Florida and South Carolina. He is the Gamecocks’ all-time winningest coach.
Said USC board of trustee Eddie Floyd: “I’m shocked and I have a lot of sadness, too. I think Coach Spurrier has done so much for us and showed us we can win.”
The Gamecocks are 2-4 (0-4 SEC) to start 2015. Spurrier has never had a losing season as USC’s coach, and the team has been bowl-eligible in all 10 of his first seasons.
While Floyd, namesake for the building at the north endzone of Williams-Brice Stadium, did not expect Spurrier to quit, he noticed a change in the coach during losses at Missouri and LSU in the past two weeks.
“He looked on TV like was real upset,” Floyd said. “It was a look of disbelief.”
Floyd said, personally, he would have preferred Spurrier remain for the rest of the season.
“If he wants to go now, there’s no reason for us to second guess it,” he said.
Spurrier was introduced as USC’s 32nd head coach on Nov. 23, 2004. He is 86-49 overall as USC’s head coach. He surpassed Rex Enright’s school record for wins when he recorded No. 65 at Clemson in the 2012 season finale.
USC trustees chairman Gene Warr learned the news about Spurrier like most others Monday from texts about early media reports.
“He seemed to be troubled by losing,” Warr said. “He’s always been a player who’s won and a coach who’s won.”
Warr would not question Spurrier’s decision to retire immediately: “It’s his life. I’m not in his shoes and don’t know how he feels.”
Warr said Spurrier tolerated the struggle of his early seasons at USC career because “he just knew he would get it done and he did get it done.”
Warr said he did not have a preference on the next coach and would leave the decision to Tanner.
In his first season at South Carolina, Spurrier led the Gamecocks to a 7-5 record and a second-place finish in the SEC Eastern Division. He was honored as the SEC Coach of the Year by the Associated Press after leading the Gamecocks to a school-record five straight SEC wins.
His 2010 USC team posted several milestones en route to a 9-5 season, the biggest of which was the school’s first SEC Eastern Division title and first appearance in the SEC Championship. The Gamecocks defeated No. 1 Alabama along the way. Spurrier that season was named SEC Coach of the Year for the seventh time.
The Gamecocks went on to finish 11-2 in three-straight seasons in 2011, 2012 and 2013.
In 2014, Spurrier led the Gamecocks to a school-record fourth-consecutive bowl victory with a win over Miami in the Duck Commander Independence Bowl.
Andrew Shain contributed to this report. Stay tuned to this developing story.
Steve Spurrier is retiring immediately as South Carolina’s football coach
Again? He was arrested back in July. Mangus was, not Mangum.
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In the off-season, there was interest voiced from the Smart family they were interested in the HC job in Cola. That leans me towards the opinion this isn't something "out of the blue," but wasn't set in stone either. (FWIW, a change in the staff at that position for the Tide wouldn't be a bad thing, IMO.)
On a little bit of an unrelated note: How many of you guys remember the talk we heard (stopped hearing it a couple/few years ago) about SOS retiring with the all-time SEC wins total? His retirement leaves him 25-30 wins short of Coach Bryant ... and I think seven SEC titles short of Bryant.
On a FWIW note: Bryant, Spurrier, Vaught, and Fulmer are the only coaches who have more conference wins than Saban (start of 2015 season) if my math is correct. Saban is roughly 10 conference wins away from passing Fulmer for 4th place, all time.
On a little bit of an unrelated note: How many of you guys remember the talk we heard (stopped hearing it a couple/few years ago) about SOS retiring with the all-time SEC wins total? His retirement leaves him 25-30 wins short of Coach Bryant ... and I think seven SEC titles short of Bryant.
On a FWIW note: Bryant, Spurrier, Vaught, and Fulmer are the only coaches who have more conference wins than Saban (start of 2015 season) if my math is correct. Saban is roughly 10 conference wins away from passing Fulmer for 4th place, all time.
Quick hijack here with an observation shared while looking back on yesterday:
Both USC's in D1 football lose their coach on the same day.
Both coach's named Steve S.
Both coach's former college QB's.
Both like Coors.
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