The former South Carolina football coach has taken a position as ambassador and consultant to the Florida athletic department, the Gators announced Friday. Spurrier was a Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback at the school and won the 1996 national championship in a long and successful tenure as Florida’s head coach.
“My wife Jerri and I are extremely excited to be returning home to our alma mater, and to Gainesville where we met on campus 50 years ago,” said Spurrier, who was appointed to the position by Gators athletic director Jeremy Foley.
“I also want to say thanks to the University of South Carolina for allowing me to be their coach from 2005 to 2015.