Steve Spurrier at the podium during the Home Depot Awards Show Thursday night in Atlanta.
Spurrier Honored With NCFAA Achievement Award
Thursday, December 8, 2016 | Football
The National College Football Awards Association bestowed its annual honor to the greatest Gator of them all during Thursday night's ESPN awards show.
ATLANTA — Three months ago, the University of Florida immortalized Steve Spurrier and his accomplishments to the Gators by putting his name on the football stadium.
Spurrier took another bow Thursday night, only this time for all of college football.
The National College Football Awards Association named Spurrier, UF's first Heisman Trophy winner and the winningest coach in school history, as its 2016 recipient of the Contributions to College Football Award during the Home Depot College Football Awards on ESPN.
The award has been presented annually since 2002 to an individual who has made "exceptional contributions" to the game. Clearly, Spurrier had the qualifications, many of which — highlights of those six Southeastern Conference titles and 1996 national championship — were shown during a video salute to the man who posted a career record of 228-89-2 in nearly 26 seasons at Duke (1987-89), Florida (1990-2001) and South Carolina (2005-15).
Former UF quarterback Danny Wuerffel, the '96 Heisman winner under Spurrier, presented the award.
"I've had a bunch of them, and I'm grateful and appreciative," said Spurrier, now 71 and with the title of ambassador and consultant for UF athletics. "But again, when you're coaching, you always talk to your players about creating memories of a lifetime, and you're showing the video of all those SEC [championships], and now the guys are enjoying those 20 years later."
Spurrier took another bow Thursday night, only this time for all of college football.
The National College Football Awards Association named Spurrier, UF's first Heisman Trophy winner and the winningest coach in school history, as its 2016 recipient of the Contributions to College Football Award during the Home Depot College Football Awards on ESPN.
The award has been presented annually since 2002 to an individual who has made "exceptional contributions" to the game. Clearly, Spurrier had the qualifications, many of which — highlights of those six Southeastern Conference titles and 1996 national championship — were shown during a video salute to the man who posted a career record of 228-89-2 in nearly 26 seasons at Duke (1987-89), Florida (1990-2001) and South Carolina (2005-15).
Former UF quarterback Danny Wuerffel, the '96 Heisman winner under Spurrier, presented the award.
"I've had a bunch of them, and I'm grateful and appreciative," said Spurrier, now 71 and with the title of ambassador and consultant for UF athletics. "But again, when you're coaching, you always talk to your players about creating memories of a lifetime, and you're showing the video of all those SEC [championships], and now the guys are enjoying those 20 years later."
Honored to present @SteveSpurrierUF w/ Contributions to CFB Award tonight for his lifetime impact on me & so many. Thanks HBC. #CFBAwards pic.twitter.com/IPw8ufLHFe
— Danny Wuerffel (@DannyWuerffel) December 9, 2016
| Year | NCFAA Winner |
| 2002 | Darrell Royal |
| 2003 | Keith Jackson |
| 2004 | Vince Dooley |
| 2005 | Tom Osborne |
| 2006 | Chuck Neinas |
| 2007 | Frank Broyles |
| 2008 | Bobby Bowden |
| 2009 | LaVell Edwards |
| 2010 | Lee Corso |
| 2011 | Roy Kramer |
| 2012 | Ara Parseghian |
| 2013 | John Gagliardi |
| 2014 | Grant Teaff |
| 2015 | Barry Switzer |
| 2016 | Steve Spurrier |
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