Steve Spurrier Jr.
American football coach (born 1971) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Steve Spurrier Jr. (born September 26, 1971) is an American football coach. He is the associate head coach, offensive coordinator, and running backs coach at the University of Tulsa, a position he has held since 2024. He previously served as the wide receivers coach at Mississippi State University from 2020 to 2022.
Current position | |
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Title | Associate head coach, offensive coordinator, running backs coach |
Team | Tulsa |
Conference | AAC |
Biographical details | |
Born | (1971-09-26) September 26, 1971 (age 52) Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
Alma mater | Duke University (BA) University of Florida (MA) |
Playing career | |
1989–1993 | Duke |
Position(s) | Wide receiver |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1994–1998 | Florida (GA) |
1999–2001 | Oklahoma (WR) |
2002–2003 | Washington Redskins (WR) |
2004 | Arizona (OA) |
2005–2008 | South Carolina (WR) |
2009–2010 | South Carolina (PGC/WR) |
2011 | South Carolina (PGC/WR/RC) |
2012–2015 | South Carolina (co-OC/PGC/WR/RC) |
2016 | Oklahoma (OA) |
2017 | Western Kentucky (AHC/QB) |
2018–2019 | Washington State (WR) |
2020–2022 | Mississippi State (outside WR) |
2023 | Tulsa (OC/QB) |
2024–present | Tulsa (AHC/OC/RB) |
Spurrier played college football at the Duke University as a wide receiver from 1989 to 1993. Prior to his tenure at Mississippi State, he held various assistant coaching positions at Washington State University, Western Kentucky University, the University of Oklahoma, the University of South Carolina, the University of Arizona, the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) ,and the University of Florida.
Spurrier's coaching career includes 22 postseason bowl games, including the Sugar Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Cotton Bowl, and Orange Bowl. Spurrier was also part of five conference championships (three SEC; two Big 12) and two national championships (Oklahoma, 2000; Florida, 1996).[1]