Steve Spurrier informed his team Monday night he is retiring as South Carolina's football and that an interim coach will be named today, according to a source.
Gamecocks quarterbacks coach G.A. Mangus is expected to be named the interim head coach, according to another source.
Spurrier, 70, has 228-89-2 career record at Duke, Florida and South Carolina. He is the Gamecocks' all-time winningest coach.
Eddie Floyd, a member of the South Carolina board of trustees, said, "I'm shocked and I have a lot of sadness, too. I think Coach Spurrier has done so much for us and showed us we can win."
The Gamecocks are 2-4 (0-4 SEC) to start 2015. Spurrier has never had a losing season as South Carolina's coach, and the team has been bowl-eligible in all 10 of his seasons.
While Floyd, namesake for the building at the north end zone of Williams-Brice Stadium, said he did not expect Spurrier to quit, he said he noticed a change in the coach during losses at Missouri and LSU in the past two weeks.
"He looked on TV like was real upset," Floyd said. "It was a look of disbelief."
Floyd said, personally, he would have preferred Spurrier remain for the rest of the season.
"If he wants to go now, there's no reason for us to second guess it," he said.
Spurrier was introduced as South Carolina's 32nd head coach on Nov. 23, 2004. He is 86-49 overall as the Gamecocks' head coach. He surpassed Rex Enright's school record for victories when he recorded his 65th against Clemson in the 2012 season finale.
In his first season at South Carolina, Spurrier led the Gamecocks to a 7-5 record and a second-place finish in the SEC Eastern Division. He was honored as the SEC Coach of the Year by the Associated Press after leading the Gamecocks to a school-record five consecutive SEC victories.
His 2010 team was 9-5, won the school's first SEC Eastern Division title and made its first appearance in the SEC Championship Game. The Gamecocks defeated No. 1 Alabama along the way. That season, Spurrier was named SEC Coach of the Year for the seventh time.
The Gamecocks went on to finish 11-2 in three consecutive seasons (2011-2013).
In 2014, Spurrier led the Gamecocks to a school-record fourth consecutive bowl victory with a victory over Miami in the Independence Bowl.
Sports on 10/13/2015