Could Steve Spurrier be headed to SEC Network?

Steve Spurrier has kept himself busy since resigning as South Carolina football coach last October. But that doesn’t mean that he’s totally out of the game that made him a college football legend as both a player and coach. Having put together winning programs in Florida and South Carolina, it’s only natural that Spurrier would want to talk football as a commentator.

That’s where ESPN’s SEC Network comes in. Spurrier has told The State newspaper that he’s tentatively scheduled to discuss a role for the SEC Network:

“… I’m not sure what I’m going to do yet, but hope to do something constructive and productive. I have seen people who don’t do anything, and that doesn’t work. Hopefully, I will get involved in something here in about a month or so.”

Spurrier is the winningest coach in South Carolina school history amassing 86 wins over a  10½-year career. And when he was at Florida, he won the Heisman Trophy and also coached the Gators to a national championship in 1996.

Spurrier certainly has a good football mind and his press conferences no matter where he coached were certainly entertaining as reporters would have no idea what direction he would go or take them.

It doesn’t necessarily translate to being a good analyst, but in Spurrier’s case, it just might. He has a tendency to speak his mind plus his knowledge of the conference would be coveted by ESPN officials who certainly like to have well-known names on their networks.

For its part, ESPN is not confirming or denying Spurrier’s meeting with the SEC Network, but did tell The State that “We are in the midst of planning for the college football season and don’t have any new commentator announcements at this time.”

If Spurrier is hired by SEC Network, we should hear something within the next month or so.

[The State]