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Spurrier, Gavin
Gavin Spurrier
- Title:
- Quality Control Coordinator/Offense
- Email:
- DukeFBRecruiting@duke.edu
- Phone:
- (919) 684-2635
Gavin Spurrier joined the Duke coaching staff in August 2023, and serves as an offensive quality control coach, working primarily with the tight ends.
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Prior to arriving in Durham, Spurrier was a four-year member (2019-22) of the football program at Duke University. He was a four-time ACC Honor Roll selection and the recipient of the Blue Devils’ Micah Harris Trinity Teammate Award in 2020, which is an award annually to an individual who is a true teammate and showcases character, unselfishness, compassion and pride.
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Spurrier graduated from Duke in 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in economics and a double minor in neuroscience and religion. He added a master’s degree in management studies from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business in 2023. His father, Steve, is a member of the coaching staff at Mississippi State University and is a 1994 graduate of Duke after earning two varsity letters (1992-93) as a member of the football program. His grandfather, Steve Spurrier, served as the head coach of the Blue Devils from 1987-89, compiling an overall ledger of 20-13-1, and was the ACC Coach of the Year selection in both 1988 and 1989. He guided Duke to the ACC Championship and an All-American Bowl appearance in 1989. Additionally, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player (1986), following his Heisman Trophy winning career at Florida, and coach (2017), after guiding Florida to the national championship in 1996 and becoming the winningest coach in Gator (1990-2001) and University of South Carolina (2005-15) history.
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Prior to arriving in Durham, Spurrier was a four-year member (2019-22) of the football program at Duke University. He was a four-time ACC Honor Roll selection and the recipient of the Blue Devils’ Micah Harris Trinity Teammate Award in 2020, which is an award annually to an individual who is a true teammate and showcases character, unselfishness, compassion and pride.
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Spurrier graduated from Duke in 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in economics and a double minor in neuroscience and religion. He added a master’s degree in management studies from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business in 2023. His father, Steve, is a member of the coaching staff at Mississippi State University and is a 1994 graduate of Duke after earning two varsity letters (1992-93) as a member of the football program. His grandfather, Steve Spurrier, served as the head coach of the Blue Devils from 1987-89, compiling an overall ledger of 20-13-1, and was the ACC Coach of the Year selection in both 1988 and 1989. He guided Duke to the ACC Championship and an All-American Bowl appearance in 1989. Additionally, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player (1986), following his Heisman Trophy winning career at Florida, and coach (2017), after guiding Florida to the national championship in 1996 and becoming the winningest coach in Gator (1990-2001) and University of South Carolina (2005-15) history.
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