While some believe Steve Spurrier stepped down as South Carolina’s head coach a little prematurely, he apparently doesn’t think so at all.

In fact, Spurrier thinks he should’ve retired after the 2014 season, which ended with a 24-21 win over Miami in the Independence Bowl.

Spurrier, now the Gamecocks special assistant to athletic director Ray Tanner, told Paul Finebaum that on Monday.

“We all have an expiration date, and I missed mine. Mine should have been after the Miami game,” Spurrier said on SEC Network. “We had won four bowl games in a row, never had a losing season. I just thought we had a team really, that, should have a winning season, but I was definitely wrong, it just didn’t work out.

“The circumstances of where I was I thought I did the right thing. I didn’t think this team was listening very well to me, and I wasn’t doing a very good job. In a way, I sort of fired myself. I thought I probably should be fired.”

Spurrier resigned after South Carolina’s 45-24 loss to LSU in Week 6. The Gamecocks finished the season 3-9 under interim coach Shawn Elliott, the team’s fewest wins since 1999.

Following his decision, Spurrier made it clear that he’s “resigning, not retiring” although he said he doubts he’ll ever be a head coach again.