Steve Spurrier, former head football coach at the University of Florida, was
named the 25th head coach of the Washington Redskins in early 2002. The former
Heisman Trophy winner amassed an impressive 122-27-1 record in his 12 years as
head coach of the Gators, including the 1996 National Championship. Spurrier's
teams won seven SEC Championships. He had 10 or more wins in nine of his
seasons with Florida.
Spurrier's offensive fireworks have been a constant. Since 1990, his Florida
offense has averaged more than 35 points a game, along with an average 310
passing yards and 460 total yards per game.
His list of achievements is lengthy, including the best win total in history
for a major college coach over his first 12 seasons and reaching 100 career
victories faster than any major college coach in the 20th century. He began
coaching following the completion of a 10-year career as an NFL quarterback on
the heels of his 1966 Heisman Trophy as the University of Florida's stellar
field leader. He was the Gators starting quarterback for three years and was
voted first team All-American in both 1965 and 1966. He was named to the
National Collegiate Football Foundation Hall of Fame in 1986.
Spurrier was the San Francisco 49ers first-round pick of the 1967 NFL draft. He
played quarterback for the 49ers from 1967-75 and for the Tampa Bay Bucs in
1976.
He returned to Duke as head coach in 1987 and turned around a moribund program
to produce winning seasons after his initial 5-6 year while compiling a 20-13-1
record and leading the team to its first ACC Championship in 24 years in 1989.
