Who is the last SEC East head coach to beat Nick Saban at Alabama?
The last SEC East head coach to beat Nick Saban and Alabama in the regular season is Steve Spurrier when he was at South Carolina.
It’s been more than a decade since a coach from the SEC East beat Alabama and Nick Saban.
Go back to Oct. 9, 2010, when Steve Spurrier lead South Carolina to a stunning upset over Alabama.
It’s been more than a decade since an SEC East team has been able to do to Saban what Spurrier did that fall day. It may be a long wait with the way the division has fallen off, with exception of Georgia.
Steve Spurrier is the last SEC head coach to beat Nick Saban at Alabama
Gamecocks quarterback Stephen Garcia threw three touchdowns in the 35-21 win in the game that would see them go to the SEC Championship Game later that year. Garcia, Spurrier and South Carolina ran into the one-man wrecking crew that was Cam Newton that year but it was a monumental achievement for South Carolina football.
Spurrier had South Carolina football humming under his watch. Double-digit win seasons became the norm under Spurrier who recruited stars like Garcia, Marcus Mattimore and Jadeveon Clowney to campus.
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