Spurrier and Sharpe Set for Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Challenge

April 13, 2016

Former Head Football Coach Steve Spurrier and former Gamecocks and Packers wide receiver Sterling Sharpe will represent South Carolina in the ninth annual Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Challenge charity golf tournament. The duo will compete for a share of a $540,000 total purse, and the team’s winnings will be split between the HBC Foundation and an endowed scholarship at the University of South Carolina.

The Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Challenge features pairings that include a university head coach and a celebrity or former athlete from the same school competing in a scramble format against other university teams from around the country. In the past nine years, the event has provided $5.3 million in scholarship and charitable contributions.

This year’s edition, set for May 1-3 at the Reynolds Lake Oconee resort outside Atlanta, is scheduled to feature 14 teams and top national coaches such as Spurrier, Urban Meyer, Nick Saban, Dabo Swinney, and many more. In special recognition of their coaching legacies, newly retired coaches Spurrier and Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech) will represent their former teams for the final time in this year’s event.

The field of competitors is scheduled to include three former winning teams including Paul Johnson and Jon Barry of Georgia Tech (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015), Steve Spurrier and Sterling Sharpe from South Carolina (2008, 2009), and Frank Beamer and Dell Curry of Virginia Tech (2007). Five of the participating coaches led their teams to New Year’s Six Bowl Games in the College Football Playoff last season, including Nick Saban and Dabo Swinney, who faced off for the National Championship. The lineup includes three Heisman Trophy winners, four Dodd Trophy winners, and two new teams from the University of Georgia and University of Houston.

Teams will be vying for the $100,000 first-place prize, with each team receiving a portion of the $540,000 purse. All charity payouts will be split equally between an endowed scholarship at each university and a charity of the coach’s choice.

The field of competitors for the featured event is projected to include:

TEAM COACH CELEBRITY ALUM ALL-TIME WINNINGS

Alabama Nick Saban Chris Mohr $228,333

Auburn Gus Malzahn Bo Jackson $100,000

Cincinnati Tommy Tuberville J.K. Schaffer $90,000

Clemson Dabo Swinney Steve Fuller $155,000

Georgia Kirby Smart David Dukes New participant

Georgia Tech Paul Johnson Jon Barry $682,500

Houston Tom Herman Andre Ware New participant

Mississippi State Dan Mullen Fred McCrary $160,000

North Carolina Larry Fedora B.J. Surhoff $115,000

NC State Dave Doeren Terry Harvey $150,000