History Class: The Mike Archer Era

The Spurrier Myth isn’t true. The story that has passed down among LSU as received wisdom does have some truth to it. Bill Arnsparger did acrimoniously quit LSU, as the school would not make him the athletic director. He would turn up as Florida’s AD within the year. And he did recommend his defensive coordinator, …

’The greatest thing of all is what happened this year’ – Former head coach Archer happy for Orgeron, LSU

Like many former LSU head football coaches, Mike Archer didn’t leave on his own accord.Archer was dismissed following the 1990 season after back-to-back losing campaigns. But that’s not to say he wasn’t part of a tremendous run of success in Baton Rouge. As an assistant under Bill Arnsparger and then the head man, the Tigers …