Timeline of Steve Spurrier's life, playing and coaching history:

  • Born: April 25, 1945, Miami Beach (age 70).
  • Was a three-sport letterman and All-American quarterback at Science Hill High school in Johnson City, Tenn., in the 1950s.
  • Played quarterback for the University of Florida from 1964-19966, breaking numerous school and Southeastern Conference records and winning the Heisman Trophy in 1966.
  • Married college sweetheart Jerri Starr in 1966. The remain married and have four children, Lisa, Amy, Steve Jr. and Scott, along with 12 grandchildren.
  • Was a first-round of the San Francisco 49ers in 1967 and played nine seasons in San Francisco, mostly as a punter and backup quarterback to John Brodie.
  • Was traded to the expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1976 and was the team's first quarterback.
  • Began his coaching career in 1978 as Florida's quarterbacks coach, but was not retained by Charley Pell when Pell took over the program in 1979.
  • Was an assistant coach at Georgia Tech and then Duke from 1980-1982.
  • Became the youngest head coach in professional football at 37 in 1983 when he hired by the USFL's Tampa Bay Bandits. His teams, featuring many Florida college players, were regularly among the league leaders in offense. Spurrier went 35-21 over three seasons before the league folded.
  • Returned to college ranks as Duke's head coach in 1987 and led the Blue Devils to their first bowl game since 1960 and a tie for the ACC championship in 1989. Named ACC Coach of the Year in 1988 and 1989.
  • Named head coach of the Florida Gators before the 1990 season. Went 122-27-1 (87-12 SEC) over 12 seasons with six SEC championships (the Gators had never won one before his arrival) and the 1996 national championship. was named SEC Coach of the Year six times and coached quarterback Danny Wuerffel to the 1996 Heisman Trophy.
  • Hired to coach the NFL's Washington Redskins in 2002. His 5-year, $25 million contract was the richest in NFL history for a coach at the time. Coached the Redskins two seasons, going 7-9 and 5-11. Resigned after the 2003 season and walked away from $15 million still owed to him.
  • Returned to to the college ranks in 2005 to coach South Carolina afer briefly considering a return to Florida. (Florida was looking for a coach at the same time and hired Urban Meyer.)
  • Coached South Carolina for 10 seasons plus six games, going 86-49 with nine bowl appearances and an SEC Eastern Division title (2010).
  • Retired unexpected six games into the 2015 season, with the Gamecocks standing 2-4 (0-4 SEC).