South Carolina’s winningest head coach of all time in Steve Spurrier is celebrating a birthday on Monday. April 20th, 2026 marks the Head Ball Coach’s 80th trip around the sun.
It’s hard to believe but 2026 marks 11 years since Spurrier retired, after an unprecedented head coaching career at Duke, Florida and South Carolina.
In honor of HBC’s big day, let’s take a look back at some of his greatest quotes that will forever live in college football lore.
Taking jabs at Georgia
The Georgia Bulldogs were a rival of Spurrier-coached teams at both Florida and South Carolina. While Spurrier was in Columbia, he delivered one of his most famous quotes while taking a shot at Georgia. Usually South Carolina and Georgia played early in the season, typically Week 2 or Week 3. But in 2012, the game was moved to later in the season…