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Steve Spurrier
Stephen Orr Spurrier, also known as Steve Spurrier, is a former player and an American college football coach. He showed considerable interest in football since his childhood years and grew to be a victorious athlete, flourishing slowly yet constantly. Steve clung to his passion for sports in college too and earned all-state honors in football, basketball and baseball. He played professional football for ten seasons with the San Francisco 49ers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He brought plenty of attitude and an air of confidence to the teams he has been associated with. He has coached ‘Florida Gators’, ‘Washington Redskins’, and ‘South Carolina Gamecocks’. He put the fortunes of the Gamecocks football program at the University of South Carolina on a pedestal and is considered to be one of the most innovative coaches in football, incorporating his techniques into the big game.
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Born
April 20, 1945
Birth Place
Miami Beach, Florida
Nationality
American
Sun Sign
Aries
Also Known As
Stephen Orr Spurrier
Height
6'2" (188 cm)
Education
high school in Tennessee, University of Florida
Awards
1988 - 1989 - ACC Coach of the Year Gators' Fergie Ferguson Award 1990-1991 - SEC Coach
Father
J. Graham Spurrier
Mother
Marjorie, Spurrier
Spouse(s)
Jerri Starr
Children
Amy Spurrier, Lisa Spurrier, Scott Spurrier, Steve Spurrier Jr.
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Steve Spurrier Asked If The SEC Should Ditch Divisions

More and more conferences are starting to ditch divisions in college football. Heck, even the Big Ten is looking at moving away from divisions in the next year or two. The SEC is usually all about transformative ideas and there's even a possibility that the conference hosts its own College Football Playoff down the line.
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Steve Spurrier Defends Nick Saban’s Comments Against Jimbo Fisher

The biggest story in college football over nearly the past week has been the Alabama head coach Nick Saban vs. Texas A&M head coach Jimbo Fisher saga. Along with the many players, media personalities, and coaches that let their opinions of the feud be known, Hall of Fame football coach Steve Spurrier also spoke on the comments between the two national championship winning coaches.
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Steve Spurrier Trending For His Reaction To Coaches Drama

Drama between two SEC coaches? You know Steve Spurrier had to weigh in with his thoughts. Spurrier commented on the feud between Alabama's Nick Saban and Texas A&M's Jimbo Fisher late last week, siding with the seven-time national champion head coach. "I don't know why [Jimbo] is mad at Saban,"...
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Steve Spurrier weighs in on Nick Saban-Jimbo Fisher feud: “Did Saban say something that wasn’t true?”

Nick Saban’s comments this week about Jimbo Fisher, Deion Sanders, and their players’ NIL deals (in particular, that Fisher’s Texas A&M squad “bought every player on their team,” and that Sanders’ Jackson State team “paid a guy a million dollars”) have sparked all sorts of reactions throughout the college football world. Some of those have included Fisher unloading on “despicable” Saban and saying “Go dig into his past,” and Sanders offering pushback but also measured analysis of Saban’s goals with those comments.
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Steve Spurrier Talks Nick Saban, Jimbo Fisher: Fans React

Earlier this week, Nick Saban's comments about Jimbo Fisher and the Texas A&M football program went viral. Saban alleged that Texas A&M "bought every player" from its top-rated recruiting class. Just about everyone has given their opinion on the comments between Saban and Fisher. Late Friday night, it was Steve...
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Steve Spurrier sides with Nick Saban in Jimbo Fisher spat

Jimbo Fisher’s next impassioned rant might be directed toward another legendary college coach. Steve Spurrier is on Nick Saban’s side. Because seemingly everyone has weighed in on the Saban-Fisher feud, in which the Alabama coach accused the Texas A&M coach of buying “every player” in his 2022 recruiting class, which infuriated Fisher. “I don’t know why [Fisher] is mad at Saban,” Spurrier, the Hall of Fame former Florida and South Carolina coach, told DawgNation.com in a story published Friday. “Did Saban say something that wasn’t true?” Fisher would argue: Yes. On Wednesday, at an event for business leaders in Birmingham, Ala., Saban launched into...
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Steve Spurrier: I don't think Nick Saban told any lies

Like most who love college football, Steve Spurrier felt compelled to weigh in on the Nick Saban-Jimbo Fisher drama. "I don’t know why (Fisher) is mad at Saban," Spurrier told DawgNation. "Did Saban say something that wasn’t true?" As you know, Saban more or less accused Fisher of...
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