Report: Steve Spurrier retiring from college football coaching

In what is maybe the biggest news of the year in college football, South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier will be retiring

Monday has been a crazy day in the world of college football, but the craziest news of the day waited until it was almost over. South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier will be retiring from college football coaching, Thayer Evans of Sports Illustrated is reporting.

Again, we saw some crazy stories in college football on this Monday, but this one undoubtedly takes the cake as far as significance goes. One of the greatest college football coaches in history is hanging it up for good.

Of course, there were some that eventually saw this coming, just not right at this moment like this. After coming in with some high expectations once again, South Carolina has failed to meet those. They’re now 2-4 on the season and it doesn’t look like things will be getting better any time soon. Because of this, people speculated that this would be the last season of the “Head Ball Coach.”

At this time, there is not timetable for when this will actually take place, so there’s a possibility it could be after the season still. As that news becomes available, we will keep you updated.

The game of college football truly is losing one of the greats. This is a man who started to make a name for himself by actually taking Duke to an ACC title, and he followed that up by taking over his alma mater, the Florida Gators. That’s where he really let the nation know he was making his mark, leading them to among the elite in the nation with his innovative run-n-gun style. He would eventually lead them to a national title in 1996.

In 2005 following a failed attempt at the NFL, he took over South Carolina and he would eventually lead them to near the top of the SEC. From 2011-13, he led the program to 11 wins, something that no one thought was possible in Columbia.