November 30, 2004

Spurrier Assembles Staff

Reports indicate that Steve Spurrier, Jr. will leave Arizona to become the receivers coach at South Carolina. Mark Smith will reportedly leave the Redskins (he previously was at Florida) to be strength coach for the Gamecocks. Another Spurrier confidant, Jamie Speronis, will become Director of Football Operations.

Candidates for Defensive Coordinator include Jim Collins at Marshall, Jon Hoke from the Houston Texans and Charlie Strong at Florida.

Spurrier has said 3 current assistants will remain at Carolina - Rick Stockstill, David Reaves and Ron Cooper. Reaves is the son of former Florida assistant John Reaves and will probably be assistant quarterback coach. Stockstill will recruit the state of South Carolina but position assignments for him and Cooper are undetermined at this point.

Other assistants on the current staff (including Skip Holtz and Rick Minter) received letters telling them they probably would not be retained.

Posted by Jeff Quinton

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1. From Backcountry Conservative

   pinged on Nov 30, 2004 8:43 AM

   The latest in college football from Steve Spurrier is in the middle of assembling a staff at South Carolina. 6 Clemson players and 6 South Carolina players were suspended for their roles in the brawl on November 20th....

2. From Backcountry Conservative

   pinged on Nov 30, 2004 9:52 AM

   The latest in college football from Fanblogs: Steve Spurrier is in the middle of assembling a staff at South Carolina. 6 Clemson players and 6 South Carolina players were suspended for their roles in the brawl on November 20th....

3. From Backcountry Conservative

   pinged on Nov 30, 2004 10:06 AM

   The latest in college football from Fanblogs: Steve Spurrier is in the middle of assembling a staff at South Carolina. 6 Clemson players and 6 South Carolina players were suspended for their roles in the brawl on November 20th....

4. Travis Swenson says:

   posted on November 30, 2004 12:46 PM — link

   Ha! Ron Cooper is the Bruce Arians of defensive coaches. No real ability, but someway always has a job.

5. From Conference USA College Football - Fanblogs.com

   pinged on Nov 30, 2004 7:31 PM

   Denny O'Brien, writing at Bonesville discusses the progress of East Carolina's coaching search. He reports his sources indicate that the top three choices are Ron Zook (fired from Florida), Skip Holtz (who isn't being retained at South Carolina) and Ji...