USA Today · Jun 22, 2015
Steve Spurrier called for the Confederate flag to be removed in 2007
The flying of the Confederate flag on South Carolina state grounds remains a contentious issue in the state, and never more so than in the last week, when a tragic church shooting in Charleston left nine innocent people dead.
Public figures in the state generally stay out of the debate, but Gamecocks Head Coach Steve Spurrier took the opposite approach. According to ESPN, in 2007, Spurrier called the flag “embarrassing” and pushed for its removal:
