Everyone has had that embarrassing moment in which they mistake someone for another person or in which they are mistakenly identified as someone else. This week, that's exactly what happened to former South Carolina football assistant coach Everett Sands.
Sands, who spent four years coaching under Steve Spurrier with the Gamecocks as the team's running backs coach, is playing in the BMW Charity Pro-Am golf tournament in Spartanburg, South Carolina this week, and while attempting to finish his round, he was flagged down by reporter Lauren Withrow from the Golf Channel for an interview.
The only problem was, the young reporter had no intention to interview Everett Sands; she thought she had found former Texas Longhorns All-American quarterback and NFL Pro Bowler Vince Young. The ensuing interaction was hilarious in an awkward and uncomfortable way. Watch below:
I’m dying laughing they thought they were talking to Vince Young, might be the most awkward interview I’ve ever seen pic.twitter.com/cjz0gYqg9D
— Carter Donnick (@CDonnick1) June 6, 2024
After the case of mistaken identity, Sands was extremely gracious and explained, "I apologize, but you've got the wrong person. I'm Everett Sands over at The Citadel...I'm a football coach." For some reason, though, Withrow continued to hold the microphone out, so Sands continued to speak until the interview ended.
The mistake isn't a big deal, but it was so hilariously wrong. Vince Young is a 41 year old man who is 6'5." Sands is in his mid-50s and is under 6'0" tall. He also clearly was wearing gear from The Citadel, an in-state school and the team where he currently coaches. Young has no affiliation with the school.
While never playing in the NFL like Young, Sands' college career was a great one, as well. An All-American at The Citadel, Sands never missed a game and never was tackled behind the line of scrimmage. He helped lead the Bulldogs to a Southern Conference championship in 1992.
This isn't the first and won't be the last uncomfortable moment involving a former South Carolina football coach (Steve Spurrier was on campus for 11 years, after all), but it sure provided a lot of people on the internet with a nice laugh.