Head coach Steve Spurrier confirmed Tuesday evening that Lorenzo Ward has officially been “promoted” to permanent coordinator. Spurrier informed Ward of his decision earlier in the day.
“We don’t have an interim defensive coordinator any more, we have a full-time (coordinator),” said Spurrier in quotes distributed by the team. “Lorenzo Ward is our defensive coordinator here at South Carolina. He’s the best guy I could hire. That’s why I’ve hired him. He knows what we want to do. He and I think almost exactly alike defensively. We’ve talked a lot of defense over the last two or three years and he knows how to coach it and we agree on how to coach it.
“So he’s going to be our guy, hopefully for several years, and he’s certainly the full-time guy as we go through the bowl game and next year and so forth. I felt like I was going to do it anyway, and I felt like we needed to do it right now.”
Ward replaces Ellis Johnson, who left the Gamecocks to become the head coach at Southern Miss. Ward was actually named USC’s coordinator in January of 2009, but Johnson, who held the title of assistant head coach/assistant coach-defense, was responsible for the defense on game days.
“It’s a blessing that Coach Spurrier feels the way he does about me and I’m excited about it,” said Ward.
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