Spurrier almost ended up at the real Carolina

Former South Carolina and Florida head coach Steve Spurrier was inducted into the South Carolina Football Hall of Fame on Thursday.

During his speech, Spurrier shared a funny story of how he ended up taking the South Carolina job when he decided to get back into coaching in 2005 following a stint with the Washington Redskins from 2002-03.

It sounds like Spurrier’s wife would have rather seen him get the North Carolina job, but it didn’t work out that way.

Here’s the story, courtesy of Mike Gillespie of ABC Columbia.

“Our path was directed here to South Carolina,” Spurrier said. “Somebody said, ‘How did you end up getting the job?’ And I said, well, (former South Carolina athletic director) Mike…