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Spurrier was born on April 20, 1945, in Miami Beach, Florida. [6] He is the second son of a Presbyterian minister, J. Graham Spurrier, and his wife Marjorie. [7] Graham Spurrier changed congregations repeatedly during Steve's early childhood, resulting in several moves for the family.
Spurrier in 1999. After winning a Heisman Trophy as a quarterback at Florida in 1966 and a largely unsuccessful NFL career, Steve Spurrier entered coaching. [5] He served as an assistant at several schools in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including Florida, Georgia Tech, and Duke.
Spurrier, now 78, served as the head coach at both Duke and South Carolina, as well as with Florida and the NFL’s Washington franchise.
But the real star of those teams is head coach Steve Spurrier. After a stint in the NFL, the Ol’ Ball Coach got to Columbia in 2005 and became the Gamecocks’ all-time winningest coach ...
A few years into his tenure at UF, Graves recruited Florida-born and Tennessee-raised quarterback Steve Spurrier to Gainesville, where he would become Florida's first Heisman Trophy winner in 1966. [6] Woodruff returned to Tennessee after leaving Florida and became UT's athletic director in 1963 following the death of Neyland.
In this photo, then-Florida coach Steve Spurrier patrols the sideline during a 73-7 win over Kentucky in Gainesville, Florida. Spurrier lost only five home games in 12 seasons as Florida's coach.
The 2001 game was Steve Spurrier's twelfth and final Florida–Florida State game as the head coach of the Gators. The 2001 Gators entered the game with national title aspirations, and easily defeated the Seminoles 37–13. Florida finished the season 10–2 ranked third nationally in both major polls; Florida State finished 8–4 and ranked ...
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