Photos: Steve Spurrier's coaching legacy

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Photos: Steve Spurrier's coaching legacy

Steve Spurrier, who announced he's resigning from South Carolina, leaves coaching with 228 all-time wins as a college head coach, in stops at Duke, Florida and South Carolina.

Steve Spurrier, who announced he's resigning from South Carolina, leaves coaching with 228 all-time wins as a college head coach, in stops at Duke, Florida and South Carolina. He trails only Virginia Tech's Frank Beamer (234) on the active list of college football's winningest coaches.

Steve Spurrier was 17-6 all-time (11-1 with Florida; 6-5 with South Carolina) coaching against the Georgia Bulldogs. Spurrier always tooks some pleasure in defeating Georgia.

Among SEC coaches, Steve Spurrier trails only Bear Bryant as the conference's winningest coach. Bryant, who coached in the conference for more than three decades, amassed a record of 292-69-14. Spurrier has 208 wins, 76 losses as an SEC head coach. Georiga's Mark Richt (140-50), Alabama's Nick Saban (139-34) and LSU's Les Miles (108-29) are the remaining active coaches with at least 100 wins in the SEC.

In 1989, he coached Duke to the ACC Championship. He led Florida - from 1990 to 2001 - to six SEC championships. He's the only coach to win titles in both conferences.

A nine-time coach of the year, Steve Spurrier is South Carolina's all-time winningest coach (84-45), including three 11-2 seasons. With a record of 122-27-1, Spurrier also is Florida's winningest coach.

Steve Spurrier left Florida in 2002 to take over the Washington Redskins, but he had a rough transition to the pro game. He left after posting 7-9 and 5-11 seasons to spend a year away from football, before he joined the Gamecocks in 2005.

Steve Spurrier (left, with quarterback Danny Wuerffel) compiled a 122-27-1 record from 1990-2001 at Florida. (AJC file photo)

Steve Spurrier coached more than 30 draft picks in 11 seasons at South Carolina, most notably first overall pick Javedeon Clowney (right) in 2014. Notable players who enjoyed long careers in the NFL were Wuerffel, Ike Hilliard and Jevon Kearse.

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Steve Spurrier, who announced he's resigning from South Carolina, leaves coaching with 228 all-time wins as a college head coach, in stops at Duke, Florida and South Carolina. He trails only Virginia Tech's Frank Beamer (234) on the active list of college football's winningest coaches.

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