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vcard" style="width: 25em;"><caption class="infobox-title fn">Tommy Suggs</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Tommy_Suggs,_1970.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A black and white photograph of a man, shot from the chest up" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Tommy_Suggs%2C_1970.png/250px-Tommy_Suggs%2C_1970.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="243" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Tommy_Suggs%2C_1970.png 1.5x" data-file-width="310" data-file-height="343" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Suggs, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1970</span></div></td></tr><tr class="note"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#73000A;color:#FFFFFF; border:3px solid #000000; border-left: none; border-right: none; box-shadow: inset 0 2px 0 #FEFEFE, inset 0 -2px 0 #FEFEFE;">South Carolina Gamecocks – No. 12</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; border-top: 1px solid #ccc;">Position</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="border-top: 1px solid #ccc;"><a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">Quarterback</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; border-top: 1px solid #ccc;"><a href="/wiki/Academic_major" title="Academic major">Major</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="border-top: 1px solid #ccc;"><a href="/wiki/Business_administration" title="Business administration">Business administration</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#73000A;color:#FFFFFF; border:3px solid #000000; border-left: none; border-right: none; box-shadow: inset 0 2px 0 #FEFEFE, inset 0 -2px 0 #FEFEFE;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; border-top: 1px solid #ccc;">Born:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border-top: 1px solid #ccc;"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1948–1949</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; border-top: 1px solid #ccc;">Height</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border-top: 1px solid #ccc;">5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; border-top: 1px solid #ccc;">Weight</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border-top: 1px solid #ccc;">170 lb (77 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#73000A;color:#FFFFFF; border:3px solid #000000; border-left: none; border-right: none; box-shadow: inset 0 2px 0 #FEFEFE, inset 0 -2px 0 #FEFEFE;">Career history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; border-top: 1px solid #ccc;">College</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist" style="border-top: 1px solid #ccc;"><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Gamecocks_football" title="South Carolina Gamecocks football">South Carolina</a> (1968–1970)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; border-top: 1px solid #ccc;">Bowl games</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist" style="border-top: 1px solid #ccc;"><a href="/wiki/Peach_Bowl" title="Peach Bowl">Peach Bowl</a> (<a href="/wiki/1969_Peach_Bowl" title="1969 Peach Bowl">1969</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; border-top: 1px solid #ccc;">High school</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border-top: 1px solid #ccc;"><a href="/wiki/Lamar_High_School_(South_Carolina)" title="Lamar High School (South Carolina)">Lamar</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lamar,_South_Carolina" title="Lamar, South Carolina">Lamar, South Carolina</a>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#73000A;color:#FFFFFF; border:3px solid #000000; border-left: none; border-right: none; box-shadow: inset 0 2px 0 #FEFEFE, inset 0 -2px 0 #FEFEFE;">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-top: 1px solid #ccc;"><div style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Athletic_Hall_of_Fame" title="South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame">South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame</a> (1983)</li> <li>University of South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame (1989)</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Tommy Suggs</b> (born <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1948–1949</span>) is an American businessman, <a href="/wiki/Sports_commentator" title="Sports commentator">sports commentator</a>, and former <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> player. He played as the starting <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">quarterback</a> for the <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Gamecocks_football" title="South Carolina Gamecocks football">South Carolina Gamecocks football</a> team from 1968 to 1970. </p><p>A multiple sport athlete in high school, Suggs turned down offers from <a href="/wiki/Davidson_College" title="Davidson College">Davidson College</a> and the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> in order to attend the <a href="/wiki/University_of_South_Carolina" title="University of South Carolina">University of South Carolina</a>. In 1969, Suggs led the Gamecocks to an <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">Atlantic Coast Conference</a> record of 6–0, winning the program their first and only conference championship, as well as a berth in <a href="/wiki/1969_Peach_Bowl" title="1969 Peach Bowl">that year's Peach Bowl</a>. The following season, he was named the team's <a href="/wiki/Most_valuable_player" title="Most valuable player">most valuable player</a> and participated in the <a href="/wiki/Blue%E2%80%93Gray_Football_Classic" title="Blue–Gray Football Classic">Blue–Gray Football Classic</a> <a href="/wiki/All-star_game" title="All-star game">all-star game</a>, for which he also received MVP honors. He is widely considered one of the best quarterbacks to play at South Carolina and was inducted into both the <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Athletic_Hall_of_Fame" title="South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame">South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame</a> in 1983 and the university's athletic hall of fame in 1989. </p><p>He graduated in 1971 with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">Bachelor of Science</a> in <a href="/wiki/Business_administration" title="Business administration">business administration</a> and has since been involved in the banking and insurance industries in South Carolina, having served in executive roles with several different companies. Since 1973, he has also served as the <a href="/wiki/Color_commentator" title="Color commentator">color commentator</a> for the team's radio broadcast, a position he has held for over 50 years. During his time as a broadcaster, he proposed using the <a href="/wiki/Fanfare" title="Fanfare">fanfare</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Also_sprach_Zarathustra" title="Also sprach Zarathustra">Also sprach Zarathustra</a></i> as the team's entrance music, which has been an ongoing tradition since 1983. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tommy_Suggs&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tommy Suggs was born in either 1948 or 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He grew up in <a href="/wiki/Lamar,_South_Carolina" title="Lamar, South Carolina">Lamar, South Carolina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:6_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his youth, he worked in agriculture, helping to harvest <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tobacco" title="Tobacco">tobacco</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended <a href="/wiki/Lamar_High_School_(South_Carolina)" title="Lamar High School (South Carolina)">Lamar High School</a>, where he played for the school's <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a>, and <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> teams.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During a high school basketball <a href="/wiki/All-star_game" title="All-star game">all-star game</a>, he played alongside <a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Pete Maravich</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before he graduated from high school, he had been offered an <a href="/wiki/Athletic_scholarship" title="Athletic scholarship">athletic scholarship</a> from <a href="/wiki/Lefty_Driesell" title="Lefty Driesell">Lefty Driesell</a> to play <a href="/wiki/College_basketball" title="College basketball">college basketball</a> for him at <a href="/wiki/Davidson_College" title="Davidson College">Davidson College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Suggs declined the offer in order to play <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> for the <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Gamecocks_football" title="South Carolina Gamecocks football">South Carolina Gamecocks</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_South_Carolina" title="University of South Carolina">University of South Carolina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Suggs also declined an offer from the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>, who offered him a contract on the provision that he stopped playing football.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While Suggs had been a fan of the <a href="/wiki/Clemson_Tigers_football" title="Clemson Tigers football">Clemson Tigers</a> as a child, he pursued the University of South Carolina because he wanted to major in their <a href="/wiki/Business_program" class="mw-redirect" title="Business program">business program</a> and because he liked their <a href="/wiki/Head_coach" title="Head coach">head coach</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Dietzel" title="Paul Dietzel">Paul Dietzel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="College_career">College career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tommy_Suggs&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: College career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Suggs enrolled at the University of South Carolina in either 1966 or 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1968 and 1970, he served as the starting <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">quarterback</a> for the Gamecocks.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 1969 season, he had a height of 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) and weighed 170 pounds (77 kg).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his first season, he set a school record by throwing five passing <a href="/wiki/Touchdowns" class="mw-redirect" title="Touchdowns">touchdowns</a> in a game against the <a href="/wiki/1968_Virginia_Cavaliers_football_team" title="1968 Virginia Cavaliers football team">Virginia Cavaliers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next season, he recorded 1,342 passing yards and led the team to a championship record in the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">Atlantic Coast Conference</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with an undefeated 6–0 conference record.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2023, the 1969 team remains the only conference championship team in the university's history.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team's performance granted them a berth in the <a href="/wiki/1969_Peach_Bowl" title="1969 Peach Bowl">1969 Peach Bowl</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Going into the 1970 season, the Gamecocks hired a new <a href="/wiki/Offensive_coordinator" title="Offensive coordinator">offensive coordinator</a>, John Bridges, who emphasized a more pass-heavy offense.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Suggs was happy with the change, as prior to this, he had often quarreled with Dietzel, who favored a more rush-heavy offense.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the 1970 season, where he was named the Gamecocks' <a href="/wiki/Most_valuable_player" title="Most valuable player">most valuable player</a> (MVP),<sup id="cite_ref-:9_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he participated in the <a href="/wiki/Blue%E2%80%93Gray_Football_Classic" title="Blue–Gray Football Classic">Blue–Gray Football Classic</a> college all-star game,<sup id="cite_ref-:4_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> winning the game's MVP award.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In total, Suggs recorded 4,916 passing yards over the course of his career at South Carolina, in addition to 34 passing touchdowns.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, in all three years that Suggs played, the Gamecocks never lost a game against the Clemson Tigers, as part of <a href="/wiki/Clemson%E2%80%93South_Carolina_rivalry" title="Clemson–South Carolina rivalry">their rivalry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:8_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He graduated from the university in 1971 with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">Bachelor of Science</a> (BS) degree in <a href="/wiki/Business_administration" title="Business administration">business administration</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Darla_Moore_School_of_Business" title="Darla Moore School of Business">Darla Moore School of Business</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="College_statistics">College statistics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tommy_Suggs&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: College statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Season </th> <th rowspan="2">Team </th> <th colspan="7">Passing </th> <th colspan="4">Rushing </th></tr> <tr> <th>Cmp</th> <th>Att</th> <th>Yds</th> <th>Pct</th> <th>TD</th> <th>Int</th> <th>Rtg</th> <th>Att</th> <th>Yds</th> <th>Avg</th> <th>TD </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1968_NCAA_University_Division_football_season" title="1968 NCAA University Division football season">1968</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1968_South_Carolina_Gamecocks_football_team" title="1968 South Carolina Gamecocks football team">South Carolina</a> </th> <td>110</td> <td>207</td> <td>1,544</td> <td>53.1</td> <td>13</td> <td>12</td> <td>124.9</td> <td>71</td> <td>114</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1969_NCAA_University_Division_football_season" title="1969 NCAA University Division football season">1969</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1969_South_Carolina_Gamecocks_football_team" title="1969 South Carolina Gamecocks football team">South Carolina</a> </th> <td>100</td> <td>179</td> <td>1,244</td> <td>55.9</td> <td>7</td> <td>10</td> <td>116.0</td> <td>63</td> <td>93</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1970_NCAA_University_Division_football_season" title="1970 NCAA University Division football season">1970</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1970_South_Carolina_Gamecocks_football_team" title="1970 South Carolina Gamecocks football team">South Carolina</a> </th> <td>136</td> <td>269</td> <td>2,030</td> <td>50.6</td> <td>14</td> <td>18</td> <td>117.7</td> <td>46</td> <td>−82</td> <td>−1.8</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/tommy-suggs-1.html">Career</a></th> <th>346</th> <th>655</th> <th>4,818</th> <th>52.8</th> <th>34</th> <th>40</th> <th>119.5</th> <th>180</th> <th>125</th> <th>0.7</th> <th>4 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadcasting_career">Broadcasting career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tommy_Suggs&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Broadcasting career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During his time at South Carolina, Suggs was active in the <a href="/wiki/Fellowship_of_Christian_Athletes" title="Fellowship of Christian Athletes">Fellowship of Christian Athletes</a> and was a public speaker at many of the association's events.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dietzel, who was also the university's <a href="/wiki/Athletic_director" title="Athletic director">athletic director</a> at the time, had also been active in the fellowship and had shared some speaking arrangements with Suggs.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the early 1970s, Dietzel offered Suggs a position as a sports commentator for the football program's radio broadcasts.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1973,<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Suggs became the team's <a href="/wiki/Color_commentator" title="Color commentator">color commentator</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:4_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with longtime broadcaster Bob Fulton serving as the <a href="/wiki/Play-by-play_commentator" class="mw-redirect" title="Play-by-play commentator">play-by-play commentator</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dietzel had selected Suggs in part because he wanted to mimic the format of the recently debuted <i><a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_Football" title="Monday Night Football">Monday Night Football</a></i> program, which featured a former player as the color commentator.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to Suggs, he felt that he did a poor job in his first season and did not believe that he would be returning for the <a href="/wiki/1974_South_Carolina_Gamecocks_football_team" title="1974 South Carolina Gamecocks football team">1974 season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, he remained on, and in 2022, Suggs celebrated his 50th season as the color commentator for the South Carolina Gamecocks football team.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has worked alongside three different play-by-play commentators, and his career spans twelve different head coaches and nine athletic directors.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Only <a href="/wiki/Bill_Hillgrove" title="Bill Hillgrove">Bill Hillgrove</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Panthers_football" title="Pittsburgh Panthers football">Pittsburgh Panthers</a> has a longer tenure as a broadcaster for a major collegiate football program,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as he has been employed for three years longer than Suggs.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, as of 2022, Suggs has missed only one game.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Also_sprach_Zarathustra"><i>Also sprach Zarathustra</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tommy_Suggs&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Also sprach Zarathustra"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1970s, Suggs attended two <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a> concerts,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including a 1977 event at the <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Coliseum" title="Carolina Coliseum">Carolina Coliseum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During these performances, Presley used the <a href="/wiki/Fanfare" title="Fanfare">fanfare</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Also_sprach_Zarathustra" title="Also sprach Zarathustra">Also sprach Zarathustra</a></i>—well known for its use in the 1968 film <i><a href="/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey" title="2001: A Space Odyssey">2001: A Space Odyssey</a></i>—as his <a href="/wiki/Entrance_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Entrance music">entrance music</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Suggs felt that the fanfare could be played during Gamecocks games and pitched the idea to head coach <a href="/wiki/Jim_Carlen" title="Jim Carlen">Jim Carlen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Carlen had the <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Band" title="Carolina Band">Carolina Band</a> play the piece during two games in the <a href="/wiki/1981_South_Carolina_Gamecocks_football_team" title="1981 South Carolina Gamecocks football team">1981 season</a>, but the audience had a difficult time hearing the piece.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Carlen left South Carolina at the end of the season, and while Athletic Director Bob Marcum liked the idea of playing the <i>2001</i> theme, its reintroduction was postponed until the <a href="/wiki/1983_South_Carolina_Gamecocks_football_team" title="1983 South Carolina Gamecocks football team">1983 season</a> in order to allow for upgrades to the sound system at <a href="/wiki/Williams%E2%80%93Brice_Stadium" title="Williams–Brice Stadium">Williams–Brice Stadium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_10-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The theme has been used as the football team's entrance music every season since then and is considered <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Gamecocks_football#Traditions" title="South Carolina Gamecocks football">a team tradition</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_10-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_13-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tommy_Suggs&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1983, Suggs was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Athletic_Hall_of_Fame" title="South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame">South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:11_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 1989, he was inducted into the University of South Carolina's Athletic Hall of Fame.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_10-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014, the university's athletics department stated in an article on their website that Suggs is "[r]egarded as one of the school's all-time greatest quarterbacks".<sup id="cite_ref-:4_10-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Post_and_Courier" title="The Post and Courier">The Post and Courier</a></i> ranked him as the fourth greatest quarterback in the university's history, behind <a href="/wiki/Connor_Shaw" title="Connor Shaw">Connor Shaw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Taneyhill" title="Steve Taneyhill">Steve Taneyhill</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Todd_Ellis_(American_football)" title="Todd Ellis (American football)">Todd Ellis</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while a 2021 poll conducted by <i><a href="/wiki/The_State_(newspaper)" title="The State (newspaper)">The State</a></i> listed Suggs on their "<a href="/wiki/Mount_Rushmore" title="Mount Rushmore">Mount Rushmore</a>" of South Carolina's four greatest quarterbacks, alongside Ellis, Shaw, and Taneyhill.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Williams_Brice_Stadium.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Williams_Brice_Stadium.jpg/330px-Williams_Brice_Stadium.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Williams_Brice_Stadium.jpg/500px-Williams_Brice_Stadium.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Williams_Brice_Stadium.jpg/960px-Williams_Brice_Stadium.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1642" data-file-height="924" /></a><figcaption>Both a walkway near <a href="/wiki/Williams%E2%80%93Brice_Stadium" title="Williams–Brice Stadium">Williams–Brice Stadium</a> (<i>pictured 2015</i>) and the players' entrance bear Suggs's name.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:7_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>In 2012, the Tommy Suggs Endowed Quarterback Scholarship was established by friends and colleagues of Suggs's in order to provide an annual scholarship for a quarterback on the South Carolina team.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same year, the Darla Moore School of Business awarded him an <a href="/wiki/Honorary_doctorate" class="mw-redirect" title="Honorary doctorate">honorary doctorate</a> degree.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, the central promenade in Gamecock Park, a park located near the Gamecocks' stadium,<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was named in his honor as the "Tommy Suggs Garnet Way".<sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 30, 2020, the South Carolina Broadcasters Association recognized his then-47-year career as color commentator with an Honorary Life Membership in the group.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former Gamecocks head coach <a href="/wiki/Steve_Spurrier" title="Steve Spurrier">Steve Spurrier</a>, who is a close friend of Suggs's,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was in attendance at the ceremony.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2024, the players' entrance onto the field at Williams–Brice Stadium was renamed in Suggs's honor,<sup id="cite_ref-:5_13-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> becoming the "Tommy Suggs 2001 Gamecock Football Entrance".<sup id="cite_ref-:7_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tommy_Suggs&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Suggs is married and has two children and one grandchild.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both he and his wife have been active in <a href="/wiki/Philanthropy" title="Philanthropy">philanthropy</a> work and fundraising efforts for the university,<sup id="cite_ref-:4_10-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Suggs has served as the chair of the University of South Carolina's Development Foundation.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aside from his work with the university, Suggs has also been involved with numerous civic groups, including the South Carolina Nature Conservancy and the <a href="/wiki/Columbia_metropolitan_area,_South_Carolina" title="Columbia metropolitan area, South Carolina">Greater Columbia</a> <a href="/wiki/Chamber_of_Commerce" class="mw-redirect" title="Chamber of Commerce">Chamber of Commerce</a>, serving as the president of the latter.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has also served as the president of the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame.<sup id="cite_ref-:11_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to his BS and honorary doctorate degrees from the Darla Moore School of Business, Suggs has also graduated from the School of Banking of the South at <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_University" title="Louisiana State University">Louisiana State University</a>, the National Commercial Lending Graduate School at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oklahoma" title="University of Oklahoma">University of Oklahoma</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Wharton_School" title="Wharton School">Wharton School</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Wharton_School#Executive_Education" title="Wharton School">Executive Education</a> program at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania" title="University of Pennsylvania">University of Pennsylvania</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_work">Other work</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tommy_Suggs&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Other work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a businessman, Suggs has been involved in the <a href="/wiki/Banking_industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Banking industry">banking industry</a> in South Carolina since the early 1970s, serving in executive positions at numerous banking companies, including South Carolina Federal Savings Bank, South Carolina National Bank, and First Bank of the Midlands.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_12-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1996, he purchased KeenanSuggs, an <a href="/wiki/Insurance_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Insurance company">insurance company</a> that operated in the <a href="/wiki/Carolinas" title="Carolinas">Carolinas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_12-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, this company was purchased by <a href="/wiki/Hub_International" title="Hub International">HUB International</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since then, he has served as the president and chief executive officer of HUB's Carolinas region.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_12-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tommy_Suggs&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Gamecocks_football_statistical_leaders" title="South Carolina Gamecocks football statistical leaders">South Carolina Gamecocks football statistical leaders</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tommy_Suggs&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output 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entered the University of South Carolina in 1966,<sup id="cite_ref-:6_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while a 2019 article in <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> states that he started college in 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A 2016 article from <a href="/wiki/WOLO-TV" title="WOLO-TV">WOLO-TV</a> states that he was granted the honorary degree in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the University of South Carolina Alumni Association's website 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The only"</a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_State_(newspaper)" title="The State (newspaper)">The State</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/McClatchy" title="McClatchy">McClatchy</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0038-9994">0038-9994</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1333898093">1333898093</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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