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Steve Spurrier is retiring, according to a report by Thayer Evans of Sports Illustrated.
Spurrier, a Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback at Florida and legendary coach for the Gators and at South Carolina, has decided to retire, Evans tweeted. The move comes amid a 2-4 start for his Gamecocks. Multiple reports have indicated that Spurrier informed the team he is retiring, but who will replace him is uncertain. The State’s Josh Kendall reports that quarterbacks coach G.A. Mangus is expected to become the interim coach on Tuesday, while FOXsports.com’s Alex Marvez tweets that offensive line coach Shawn Elliott is taking up the reins.
The 70-year-old coach won the Heisman Trophy in 1966, was elected into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1986, won a national title as coach with Florida in 1996 and has won 228 games in 26 seasons as a college coach at Duke, Florida and South Carolina.
He is 86-49 at South Carolina since taking over in 2005, and welcomed three consecutive 11-win seasons from 2011-13.
Spurrier was a three-year starter for the Gators from 1964-66, throwing for 4,838 yards and 37 touchdowns in 31 games. He played for the San Francisco 49ers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers during a 10-year pro career, appearing in 106 games and throwing for 6,878 yards, 40 touchdowns and 60 interceptions.
He was named the head coach at Duke in 1987 and went 20-13-1 in three seasons with the Blue Devils. Spurrier was named ACC Coach of the Year in 1988 and 1989 before accepting the job at Florida.
With the Gators, Spurrier became one of the great coaches in college football history. He won 122 games in 12 seasons, never winning fewer than nine in a season. He won six SEC titles and SEC Coach of the Year five times with the Gators.
Spurrier left Florida for the Washington Redskins, but lasted only two seasons in the NFL. He went 12-20 before being fired, taking a year off from coaching and returning to college with South Carolina in 2005.
He won SEC Coach of the Year two more times with the Gamecocks, in 2005 and 2010. South Carolina has won at least 10 games four times in the program’s history. Spurrier presided over three of them.
