Steve Spurrier had a significant impact on the football program at Duke and South Carolina, but there is no school he is more closely associated with -- and for great reason -- than the Florida Gators.

Spurrier won a Heisman Trophy as a quarterback for the Gators in 1966 and led the team to its first national championship as its coach 30 years later in 1996 on his way to becoming the winningest coach in program history. Now that he's retired and without ties to another school, Florida felt it best to bestow a new honor on the Head Ball Coach.

For the Gators, that means by putting his name on the field in "The Swamp."

What was once "Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium" is now "Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium."

Spurrier also has his name in the stadium's Ring of Honor and has a bronze statue outside the facility.

Florida made the announcement with this nice tribute video.

It is actually Spurrier, also recently announced as a candidate for the 2017 College Football Hall of Fame, who is credited with first using "The Swamp" as a moniker.

"A swamp is where Gators live. We feel comfortable there, but we hope our opponents feel tentative," he said in 1992. "A swamp is hot and sticky and can be dangerous. Only Gators get out alive."

Now that Spurrier is retired, things like the Hall of Fame and other naming opportunities are going to be coming his way. I'd like to see him take over as the commissioner of college football, but Spurrier said that "sounds like like a lot of work," and it doesn't appear that the former Gator is interested in working on much other than his short game.

"I am humbled, honored, thankful and very appreciative that my alma mater, the University of Florida, believes that I am worthy and deserving to have my name placed on Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, also known as 'The Swamp,'" he said in a statement released by the school.

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Steve Spurrier will have his name on the field in The Swamp. USATSI