October 28, 2004

Spurrier contacted about UF opening

ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported this morning that the University of Florida has approached ex-head football coach Steve Spurrier about returning to the sidelines with the Gators next season.

Mortensen reports that Spurrier has two weeks to indicate whether or not he's interested in the head coaching vacancy to Florida officials. It is reported that this is not a formal offer nor have conditions such as salary been discussed.

Posted by Michael Hickerson

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1. Will says:

   posted on October 30, 2004 07:57 PM — link

   Forget about the mandate of 2 weeks. Florida will still go after him even if he waited for like 1 month to give them an answer. I think he will probably take the job at Florida (but maybe not who knows?). I know there are many rumors in South Carolina that Lou will resign and Spurrier taking the job there but I rely don't see that happening. Although, I have also heard he is building a lake house in South Carolina and that he likes golf ( if he coaches at USC he would probably get a membership to Augusta National, Hootie Johnson is a former USC football player ).

   Still, Spurrier taking the Florida job looks like a greater probability.

2. Michael Hickerson says:

   posted on October 31, 2004 08:41 PM — link

   Honestly, I thknk that Florida is limiting their head coaching search. They have stated they want only head coaches. Well, let's look at some of the better coaches in around today--Fulmer, Stoopes and Richt. All three were assistants before being hired to be head coaches and they've all arguably had great success. So why not go after a good assistant?

3. Robert Knodell says:

   posted on November 1, 2004 01:08 PM — link

   First of all all Michael, I doubt Florida will consider any of those guys you mentioned. Fulmer is fast getting a sleazy reputation when it comes to player arrests, academics and recruiting (I think he's even been sued over it), Stoops is in a much better situation at OU, and Richt is very lovey-dovey with President at Georgia and likely wouldn't bolt for rival #1.

   However, I don't fault them for only looking at head coaches. The last three national championship coaches had solid head coaching experience before being hired (Pete Carroll at USC, Saban at LSU, and Tressel at OSU). Any coaching hire is a gamble, but a proven coach is a surer bet.

4. Michael Hickerson says:

   posted on November 1, 2004 03:05 PM — link

   Robert....I think you're confusing Fulmer with the last couple of regimes at Alabama.

   And I also think you're missing my point--each of the coaches I pointed out were NOT head coaches before they got the call. I think UF is limiting the search too much and it will come back to bite them.