COLUMBIA — South Carolina has had 32 head coaches in 121 seasons of football, and only one of them has exceeded Steve Spurrier in terms of longevity. Rex Enright coached for 15 years in a pair of stints broken up by World War II, but he still can’t approach the Head Ball Coach’s 10-year run in terms of success on the field.
HEAD COACH: Steve Spurrier, 84-45 in 10 seasons at USC, 226-85-2 in 25 seasons overall
LAST YEAR: 7-6 overall (3-5 SEC)
LAST BOWL GAME: Beat Miami (Fla.) 24-21 in Independence Bowl last December
RETURNING OFFENSIVE STARTERS: 4
RETURNING DEFENSIVE STARTERS: 8
QUESTION MARKS: Big ones, on both sides of the ball.