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Sep 24, 2015 · like. September 24, 2015 7:59 am ET. South Carolina Head Coach Steve Spurrier has become synonymous with the visor, in all its forms. Wearing it, throwing it, pulling at it, stomping on it;...
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- Hugh Freeze, Ole Miss: Yes
- Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State: No
- Lane Kiffin, Alabama Offensive Coordinator: Yes
- Gus Malzahn, Auburn: Yes
- Dan Mullen, Mississippi State: Yes
- Bob Stoops, Oklahoma: No
- Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&M: No
"When I became a high school coach, I kind of wanted to be like Steve Spurrier, and he wore a visor. Hats don't look good on my little head. That's the truth. When I started high school coaching, that's where it really originated. I used to try to throw it like he does, too. I try not to do that now." -- ESPN.com, 2012
"If it's really hot, I kind of prefer a visor," Gundy told the Oklahoman in 2005. "Now, my hairdoesn't really fit it. My wife is always giving me a hard time, saying my hair sticks up four inches through it." Interestingly, Gundy only started wearing the visor after becoming the Cowboys' head coach, because visors were previously banned by OSU head...
On why he wears a visor: "Spurrier. Growing up and watching him, I was always intrigued by him, watching him at Florida. You know, just the way he ran the offense and his confidence and his visor ... and he doesn't know that story." -- ESPN.com, 2012
"I used to wear just a regular hat, a boring hat. He was wearing a visor way back before anybody else was and I was coaching high school. I thought that was pretty cool, so I started wearing a visor." -- AL.com, 2013, 2014 Spurrier repaid the compliment to two of his young proteges.
"I grew up a big fan of Steve Spurrier, so I always thought that was kind of cool that he had the visor on. So when I started coaching, I started with the visor." -- ESPN.com, 2012
This one came as a bit of a surprise, since Stoops served as the HBC's defensive coordinator at Florida and cites him as a mentor. But Stoops began wearing the visor before then, when he was an assistant at Kansas State under Bill Snyder. Stoops may have picked it up from fellow assistant and longtime visor enthusiast Jim Leavitt, who told The Okla...
"I was actually at Oklahoma, and I had been a hat guy, and there's a shortage of hats in Oklahoma. There's a whole lot more visors available at practice than hats. I actually started wearing a visor there. They didn't have any hats at practice every day, and I just started wearing one, and I've just been wearing one ever since." -- ESPN.com, 2012 G...
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Dec 15, 2020 · Steve Spurrier: Inside retired life for Florida football legend - Sports Illustrated. Lovie Smith and Gus Malzahn Relieved of Head Coaching Duties. Inside the Retired Life of Steve...
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Oct 14, 2015 · ESPN. Steve Spurrier was an innovator on the field. And on the sidelines, he was one of the first to wear a visor. Who wears one in tribute to the HBC?
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Oct 14, 2015 · ESPN. Did coaches like Chip Kelly, Lane Kiffin or Gus Malzahn begin wearing a visor as an homage to the Head Ball Coach?
