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Prior
to Steve Spurrier's arrival, at the
University of Florida, no Florida
team had captured an official
Southeastern Conference championship
in 56 years as a charter member of
the league. Spurrier became the
first coach in league history to
capture three outright conference
crowns in his first five seasons
(1991, 1993 and 1994), and joined
the legendary Paul "Bear" Bryant as
the only coach in SEC history to win
three straight outright league
championships (1993-95). Spurrier's
four outright SEC titles already
ranks third best in league history,
trailing only Bryant (11) and Ole
Miss' John Vaught with six...
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The
1966 Heisman Trophy winner as
Florida's quarterback, Steve
Spurrier started his coaching career
as the Gators' quarterback coach in
1978. In 1979, he served as
offensive coordinator and QB coach
at Georgia Tech, and served in that
same capacity at Duke from 1980-82
before moving to the USFL in his
first head coaching job with the
Bandits in 1983. Spurrier returned
to Duke as head coach in 1987 and
produced that school's first ACC
championship in 24 years in 1989.
Florida is 44-6 in SEC games over
the last six seasons, a winning
percentage of .880 - tops among
league schools during this period
and by far the best in SEC history
for any coach who has coached a
minimum of five years in the
conference.
Prior
to 1990 no Gator team had ever won
more than nine games in a season. In
six seasons, Spurrier-coached Gator
teams have won at least nine each
year, surpassing that total four
times: 1991 (10 wins), 1993 (11),
1994 (10) and 1995 (12).
In
2001 Steve Spurrier was named head
coach of the NFL's Washington
Redskins. He immediately began
molding the team into his vision of
a winner. Steve Spurrier was the
first round draft choice of the San
Francisco 49ers in 1967 and played
10 years in the NFL, nine with the
49ers and one with the Tampa Bay
Bucs.
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