Steve Spurrier First-Year Coach Award Winner Announcement
Gainesville, FL – January 17, 2022 – Tennessee coach Josh Heupel and South Carolina coach Shane Beamer are the co-winners of the Steve Spurrier First-Year Coach of the Year Award presented by the FWAA and Chris Doering Mortgage. Spurrier was known for his innovation as a College Football Hall of Fame quarterback and coach, so it seems only fitting Spurrier would get creative in his first year as the namesake for the award. “Well there are two coaches this year because they are both very deserving,” Spurrier said. “Preseason, their teams were picked next to Vandy at the bottom of the league, 12 and 13, but instead of gloom and doom they took their players and improved every game and both finished 7-6.” It’s the second time the 43-year-old Heupel has won the award, which began in 2001 but is… Read More