UM new coach will be....

[T-Man]

Steve Spurrier????   Saw it online at cstv.....  Wow... If he gets there look out.....  Bowden and steve at it again????   He will recruit that florida speed and have them back in top 5 in 3 years... I hate UM and I hate steve, what a freaking marriage made in Hell...

[Guest]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15801939/

Spurrier reportedly not interested in Miami

Hurricanes expected to fire Coker, then give look to Gamecocks coach

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier reportedly isn't interested in the University of Miami job.

Miami is expected to fire Larry Coker as head coach this week, and the Hurricanes reportedly want Spurrier, ESPN reported Sunday, citing an unnamed source close to the situation.

But Spurrier said Sunday he wasn't interested in the job.

I am not a candidate," Spurrier said, ESPN reported. "I took this job to do what the experts said couldn't be done, which was to win an SEC championship here. We've got a good recruiting class coming in, we think.

"That (Miami) is a tough job. This is the challenge for me."

Miami is 5-6 and plays Boston College on Thursday. The Hurricanes will miss a bowl game if they lose to the Golden Eagles, and the university probably will fire Coker after the game, ESPN reported.

Some top trustees and boosters have targeted Spurrier as their top choice, ESPN reported.

[ChiTownBull]

he's denying it

http://southcarolina.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=609940

Calming the fears of South Carolina fans, Steve Spurrier denied widespread speculation Sunday afternoon that he's leaving South Carolina to take the heading coaching job at Miami.

"That's a rumor I guess someone started," Spurrier said. "In a way it's flattering that they would throw my name in there with one of the top football programs the last 25 years. I came to South Carolina to win a SEC Championship."

CSTV first reported late Saturday night that a deal to make Spurrier the new coach at Miami was close to being consummated, saying Spurrier would "likely" be named the next head coach for the Hurricanes.

Spurrier confronted the CSTV reporter during the teleconference.

"Listen, I have not expressed any interest and they haven't expressed any interest in me," Spurrier said. "Somebody just started a rumor about it. I'm the coach at South Carolina and I'm trying to beat Clemson this week."

ESPN picked up the story and reported it on its internet site and during 'SportsCenter' on Sunday morning. Spurrier also confronted ESPN's Joe Schad during the teleconference. Schad told Spurrier he had been informed the Hurricanes had targeted him as "their top choice."

"Who at Miami (has made him the top choice), the President, the AD or some guy sleeping under the bridge down there?" Spurrier asked.

Larry Coker, the embattled head coach of the Hurricanes, is expected to be fired shortly after the regular season concludes. Miami is 5-6 this season and must beat nationally ranked Boston College in its final regular season game to become bowl eligible.

Coker is 58-15 at Miami.

Spurrier said he first heard of the reports when his daughter Amy called him Sunday morning. Shortly thereafter, Spurrier spoke with Ivan Maisel of ESPN and he denied any interest at that time.

"I am not a candidate for any job," Spurrier said. "Just leave it at that."

Spurrier said he hasn't even been contacted by anyone at Miami about the job and does not expect to be contacted.

"I don't think anybody is going to contact me here," Spurrier said. "If Miami does make a change, I'm sure there are good candidates. Miami is not going to call me. Rumors are easy to start."

With players such as wide receiver Sidney Rice expected to return in 2007, Spurrier repeated his earlier statements that USC should be a SEC championship contender next season.

"We're going to make that our goal starting next year and hopefully every year I'm here," Spurrier said. "That's the exciting and challenging part of coaching here at South Carolina."

Asked if he would return to South Carolina next season, Spurrier said, "I certainly hope so. We have a President and athletic director that make it the cause. This is the challenge and the opportunity that I really look forward to. I'm not leaving unless I get run off."

USC was 6-5 in Lou Holtz's final season at USC in 2004 but declined a bowl bid after a ferocious brawl in the Clemson game.

Spurrier understood he wasn't inheriting a powerhouse program.

"I knew we would take our lumps a little bit the first couple of years," Spurrier said. "We're trying to build our team up. This is a wonderful place with wonderful fans and that's the goal, to win a SEC Championship at South Carolina. We know it's going to be easy."

USC is 6-5 entering Saturday's annual rivalry game with Clemson following a convincing 52-7 victory over Middle Tennessee yesterday at Williams-Brice Stadium.

Spurrier led the Gamecocks to a 7-5 record last season in his first season as head coach that included historic wins over Tennessee and Florida.

"This is where I plan to be hopefully for the next five, seven, eight years," Spurrier said.

Spurrier is 13-10 in two seasons in Columbia.

ESPN reported Sunday that "influential trustees and boosters" have convinced the University of Miami President to replace Coker, despite his lofty record.

Hoping to make a "splashy hire," Spurrier, the head coach at Florida from 1990-2002, was the top choice for the job, ESPN reported.

[TyBull]

next UM coach is Bobby Petrino ........

JMHO............

[Guest]

It won't be any of the current Big East coaches.

[lotsofbull99]

George O'Leary?

[bulls96go]

schiano?

[E.T.]

Pete Carroll  ;D

[TyBull]

SillyHole is saying that it will be Rick "the gambler" Neuheisel......

and that means that it won't be him.....

[Paisa el Toro]

SillyHole is saying that it will be Rick "the gambler" Neuheisel......

and that means that it won't be him.....

Neuheisel would be interesting. On a related UM side note, isn't Dennis Erickson still coaching Idaho? I wonder why his name isn't being tossed around.