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Steve Spurrier Story
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TooFarTampa
SoWal Insider
Went to bed early and didn't get to see the rest of the game, but they looked a little rough against UCF. May be a very long year. He looked happy though before kickoff. In his element. I was glad to see that.
Have collected a few Spurrier stories over the years, but the best one is this: My husband's dad got Steve his first coaching job. Steve was bumming around the golf course in Gainesville one day after his NFL career was over, and my father in law Henry asked him what he was going to do. Somehow they got on the subject of coaching, and Henry called his good friend Doug Dickey and got him a job as an assistant. This was '78 so it must have been when Dickey was AD. Anyway, he was QB coach at UF that year, and then moved on to Georgia Tech in '79 (got fired that year).
It was an inauspicious beginning, as Spurrier was not recognized as a genius (oops, sorry, mastermind) right away, but Spurrier was always keen on crediting Henry with getting him started. My in-laws went to Spurrier's 50th birthday party a decade ago, and Spurrier was very gracious to both of them, which meant a lot because Henry was quite ill.
When Henry died two months later, Spurrier called Mike Bianchi and told him the story, and Bianchi wrote about it for the Gainesville Sun. Whatever you can say about Spurrier, he is a loyal guy, and is capable of being very, very classy.
Have collected a few Spurrier stories over the years, but the best one is this: My husband's dad got Steve his first coaching job. Steve was bumming around the golf course in Gainesville one day after his NFL career was over, and my father in law Henry asked him what he was going to do. Somehow they got on the subject of coaching, and Henry called his good friend Doug Dickey and got him a job as an assistant. This was '78 so it must have been when Dickey was AD. Anyway, he was QB coach at UF that year, and then moved on to Georgia Tech in '79 (got fired that year).
It was an inauspicious beginning, as Spurrier was not recognized as a genius (oops, sorry, mastermind) right away, but Spurrier was always keen on crediting Henry with getting him started. My in-laws went to Spurrier's 50th birthday party a decade ago, and Spurrier was very gracious to both of them, which meant a lot because Henry was quite ill.
When Henry died two months later, Spurrier called Mike Bianchi and told him the story, and Bianchi wrote about it for the Gainesville Sun. Whatever you can say about Spurrier, he is a loyal guy, and is capable of being very, very classy.
Kurt
Admin
He's very nice and charming in a non-competitive setting. Great father, teacher, and always runs a clean program. He's a good enough coach where he doesn't need to bend the rules or put up with rule breakers.
If he's beating you he's easy to hate. As he says "If they like you it's probably because they're not losing to you".
All the jabs, smart-alec comments, and abrasiveness I attribute to him being born and raised in East Tennessee.
And that he hates to lose worse than Bill Gates and Michael Jordan.
If he's beating you he's easy to hate. As he says "If they like you it's probably because they're not losing to you".
All the jabs, smart-alec comments, and abrasiveness I attribute to him being born and raised in East Tennessee.
And that he hates to lose worse than Bill Gates and Michael Jordan.
RiverOtter
got any pics?
kurt said:All the jabs, smart-alec comments, and abrasiveness I attribute to him being born and raised in East Tennessee.
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Wildernester
Beach Lover
kurt said:He's very nice and charming in a non-competitive setting. Great father, teacher, and always runs a clean program. He's a good enough coach where he doesn't need to bend the rules or put up with rule breakers.
If he's beating you he's easy to hate. As he says "If they like you it's probably because they're not losing to you".
All the jabs, smart-alec comments, and abrasiveness I attribute to him being born and raised in East Tennessee.
The best thing that Steve Spurrier did for Tennessee when he graduated from Science Hill High School in Johnson City was to not go back.
We do hope that the Great Pumpkin, as well as the Urbanites, can beat those huge point spreads tomorrow.