Steve Spurrier Jr. serves as WKU's assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach after a one-year stint with Oklahoma where he worked in an off-field role as a recruiting and offensive specialist, particularly with offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley, whose offense ranks No. 3 nationally in 2016, averaging over 550 yards and 44 points per game. Spurrier's work at Oklahoma also included time with quarterback Baker Mayfield and wide receiver Dede Westbrook, both finalists for the 2016 Heisman Memorial Trophy.
Spurrier Jr.'s collegiate coaching career has included 15 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 (Oklahoma, 2000; Florida, 1996).
Prior to his time in Norman, Spurrier spent 11 seasons at South Carolina on his father's staff as the Gamecocks' wide receivers coach. 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 Kenny McKinley. He won the 2000 national championship as a part of Bob Stoops' staff as the Sooner's wide receivers coach and in 1996 as a graduate assistant at Florida.
Under Spurrier Jr., Jeffery developed into one of South Carolina's all-time greatest receivers, setting school records for career receiving yards (3,042) and 100-yard receiving games (12), and tying the school record for touchdown catches with 23 in 2011. Jeffery's All-America sophomore season (2010) earned him a spot as a Biletnikoff finalist as he tallied a single-season school record 1,517 yards.
Spurrier was also invested in the development of Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Pharoh Cooper, a fourth round draft pick in 2016. During Cooper's sophomore season (2014), he set the school's single-game receiving yards record with 233 and was named the 2014 Independence Bowl MVP for a nine catch, 170-yard performance against Miami.
The South Carolina record book is littered with receivers coached by Spurrier. On top of Jeffery and Cooper, McKinley become South Carolina's all-time leader in receptions (207) and receiving yards in 2008 before Jeffery broke his yardage record three seasons later. Prior to joining his father at South Carolina, Spurrier spent one season at the University of Arizona (2004) under head coach Mike Stoops. He spent two seasons as wide receivers coach in the NFL with the Washington Redskins (2002-03) where he coached Laveranues Coles to a 2003 Pro Bowl season with 82 receptions for 1,204 yards.
Before moving into the NFL ranks, Spurrier was a part of Bob Stoops' rebuilding project at Oklahoma which culminated with a perfect 13-0 record and national championship in 2000. He spent three seasons as the Sooners' wide receivers coach, working with Sooner standouts Mark Clayton and Josh Norman.
A native of Palo Alto, Calif., Spurrier Jr. played collegiately at Duke where he earned his bachelor's degree in 1994. While working as a graduate assistant at Florida, Spurrier added his master's in 1996.
Spurrier Jr. and his wife, the former Melissa Beauchamp, are the parents of triplets, Luke, Gavin and Emmaline; Nolan; twins, Palmer and Hayden, and McKinley.
THE SPURRIER JR. FILE
PERSONAL
Born: Sept. 26, 1971
Hometown: Durham, N.C.
College: Duke, `94
Wife: Melissa
Children: Luke, Gavin, Emmaline, Nolan, Palmer, Hayden and McKinley
PLAYING CAREER (Wide Receiver)
College: Duke (1990-93)
COACHING CAREER
1994-98: Florida (Graduate Assistant)
1999-2001: Oklahoma (Wide Receivers)
2002-03: Washington Redskins (Wide Receivers)
2004: Arizona (Assistant)
2005-08: South Carolina (Wide Receivers)
2009-10: South Carolina (Passing Game Coordinator/Wide Receivers)
2011: South Carolina (Passing Game Coordinator/Recruiting Coordinator/Wide Receivers)
2012-15: South Carolina (Co-Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers)
2016: Oklahoma (Offensive and Recruiting Specialist)
BOWL EXPERIENCE
1995: Sugar (Florida, Coach)
1996: Fiesta (Florida, Coach)
1997: Sugar (Florida, Coach)
1998: Citrus (Florida, Coach)
1999: Orange (Florida, Coach)
1999:Independence (Oklahoma, Coach)
2001: Orange (Oklahoma, Coach) -- National Championship
2002: Cotton (Oklahoma, Coach)
2005: Independence (South Carolina, Coach)
2006: Liberty (South Carolina, Coach)
2009: Outback (South Carolina, Coach)
2010: PapaJohns.com (South Carolina, Coach)
2010: Chick-fil-A (South Carolina, Coach)
2012: Capital One (South Carolina, Coach)
2013: Outback (South Carolina, Coach)
2014: Capital One (South Carolina, Coach)
2014: Independence (South Carolina, Coach)
2016: Sugar (Oklahoma, Coach)
