Steve Spurrier Retiring as Gamecocks Head Coach

After 10 years of being the Head Ball Coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks Steve Spurrier has announced that he is going to retire.

Sports Illustrated’s Thayer Evans broke the news through Twitter that South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier is retiring, check out his tweet,

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier is retiring per source.
— Thayer Evans (@ThayerEvansCR) October 13, 2015

After this story broke more information kept flooding in that the retirement would be immediately. It was confirmed by GoGamecocks.com that G.A Mangus would take over as the interim head coach effective immediately.

Steve Spurrier is retiring -- QBs coach G.A. Mangus is expected to be named the interim head coach http://t.co/eHuZIUGgIB
— GoGamecocks (@gogamecocks) October 13, 2015

Check out some more tweets regarding Spurriers departure from the South Carolina Gamecocks program including a Gamecock recruit already de-commiting from the team,

After talking it over with my family I have decided to decommit from the University of South Carolina.
— P.J. BLUE.... (@Ocho_Blu8) October 13, 2015

Coach Magnus is going to do a great job! One of the best coaches/person I've ever been around. He's going to do great things!
— Stephen Garcia (@StephenGarcia) October 13, 2015

Hey @SC_HBC, let us know the date for the retirement party. We can bring sandwiches. pic.twitter.com/mxfghiz6zv
— Arby's (@Arbys) October 13, 2015

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Steve Spurrier will finish his record 86-49 here at South Carolina with a win percentage of .637. One thing for sure is that South Carolina would not be the program that it is today without Steve Spurrier getting the job in 2005. Spurrier will always be one of the greatest coaches to coach the game and he will be missed. I hate to see a great coach end his career on a sorry note because all I ever wanted was for Spurrier to prove everybody wrong that said he could never win the big one at South Carolina.

We Gamecock fans thank you Coach for all you’ve done for us, bringing in the talent and changing the standards for our program. One thing for sure is that there will never be a better coach than the Head Ball Coach.

We would like to say one thing, Forever to Thee Coach Spurrier.

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