Steve Spurrier Jr, - Football Coach

Steve Spurrier Jr,

Title:
Offensive Coordinator & Quarterbacks Coach

SECOND YEAR

Steve Spurrier Jr. is in his second season at The University of Tulsa as offensive coordinator and first as associate head coach. He also moves this year from coaching quarterbacks to serving as the running backs coach.

He was named to the Golden Hurricane coaching staff in January 2023.

Under Spurrier’s direction, Tulsa’s offense in 2023 ranked among the top-35 nationally for rushing, red zone offense, third down conversions and passing yards per completion.

Spurrier came to Tulsa following three seasons (2020-22) as outside receivers coach at Mississippi State, where he also served as the school’s passing game coordinator in 2022.

Spurrier’s collegiate coaching career has included 20 postseason bowl games, including the Sugar Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Cotton Bowl and Orange Bowl, as well as five conference championships (three SEC and two Big 12) and two national championships (Florida, 1996 and Oklahoma, 2000).

In 2022, Mississippi State threw for an average of 311 yards and 36 touchdowns in posting a 9-4 overall record.

Before his coaching stint at MSU, Spurrier joined Mike Leach’s staff at Washington State in 2018 as outside receivers coach and spent two years (2018-19) there before moving to Mississippi State with Leach.

Spurrier spent the 2017 season as the assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach at Western Kentucky. Spurrier helped develop quarterback Mike White into WKU’s first Senior Bowl participant at quarterback and just the second quarterback in school history to post multiple seasons of 4,000 or more passing yards. The Hilltoppers reached the 2017 Autonation Cure Bowl as White’s 4,177 passing yards ranked fourth nationally and his 368 completions led the nation.

Spurrier spent the 2016 campaign at Oklahoma in an off-field role as a recruiting and offensive specialist.

Prior to his time in Norman, Spurrier spent 11 seasons (2005-15) at South Carolina on the staff of his father, Steve Spurrier Sr., as he coached the Gamecocks’ wide receivers. He added titles of passing game coordinator in 2009, recruiting coordinator in 2011 and co-offensive coordinator in 2012. During his time in Columbia, the Gamecocks went to nine bowl games and his pupils featured future NFL stars Sidney Rice, Alshon Jeffery and Deebo Samuel.

Before moving to South Carolina, Spurrier spent one season at the University of Arizona (2004) under head coach Mike Stoops, two seasons as wide receivers coach in the NFL with the Washington Redskins (2002-03) and was a part of Bob Stoops’ rebuilding project at Oklahoma (1999-2001), culminating with a perfect 13-0 record and national championship in 2000. He also worked alongside Leach during the 1999 season at Oklahoma.

A native of Durham, N.C., Spurrier played collegiately at Duke (1990-94) where he earned a bachelor’s degree in economics in 1994. While working as a graduate assistant at Florida, Spurrier received his master’s degree in 1996.

Spurrier Jr. and his wife, Melissa, are the parents of triplets, Luke, Gavin and Emmaline; Nolan; twins, Palmer and Hayden, and McKinley.

Alma Mater: Duke ‘94
Hometown: Durham, N.C.
Playing Experience: Played receiver at Duke University

Bowl Games as a Coach
1996   Fiesta Bowl (Florida)
1999   Independence Bowl (Oklahoma)
2000   Orange Bowl (Oklahoma)
2001   Cotton Bowl (Oklahoma)
2005   Independence Bowl (South Carolina)
2006   Liberty Bowl (South Carolina)
2008   Outback Bowl (South Carolina)
2009   PapaJohn.com Bowl (South Carolina)
2010   Chick-fil-A Bowl (South Carolina)
2011   Capital One Bowl (South Carolina)
2012   Outback Bowl (South Carolina)
2013   Capital One Bowl (South Carolina)
2014   Independence Bowl (South Carolina)
2016   Sugar Bowl (Oklahoma)
2017   Autonation Cure Bowl (Western Kentucky)
2018   Alamo Bowl (Washington State)
2019 Cheez-It Bowl (Washington State)
2020   Armed Forces Bowl (Mississippi State)
2021   Liberty Bowl (Mississippi State)
2022   ReliaQuest Bowl (Mississippi State)