Nonetheless, the team is picked to finish fifth in the SEC East and will likely be the underdog in six of eight SEC games this year. The Gamecocks were considered one of the Southeastern Conference’s weakest teams when Beamer took over for Will Muschamp in December 2020.īut Beamer led South Carolina to its first winning season since 2018, capped by a memorable mayonnaise bath following the Gamecocks Duke’s Mayo Bowl win over.īut Beamer led South Carolina to its first winning season since 2018, capped by a memorable mayonnaise bath following the Gamecocks Duke’s Mayo Bowl win over North Carolina last December. (AP) - South Carolina coach Shane Beamer is looking for more out of his program heading into his second season after a debut few saw coming. I love coaching these kids and I love being their coach."Ĭory Diaz covers the South Carolina Gamecocks for The Greenville News as part of the USA TODAY Network.COLUMBIA, S.C.
I want to bring an SEC championship to Columbia, and we are in the beginning stages of doing that. There's a lot of energy and enthusiasm around our program. "My son Hunter, he's in the second grade, I want him to graduate high school in Columbia. I love this state, I want to live in this state and be in this city. "I went to high school (in Blacksburg), played at Virginia Tech, graduated from there, coached there, my parents still there. Despite the strong ties, he reiterated that South Carolina and Columbia is where his family wants to be. "It'll always be a special place to me," Beamer said about Virginia Tech. Midseason Grades: South Carolina football: Grading the Gamecocks at midseason in year one for Shane Beamer Shane Beamer went back 12 years later and was Frank's assistant head coach and running backs coach for four years from 2011-2015, his father's final season. Shane played for this father in Blacksburg and was a senior on the 1999 team as a long snapper. He led Virginia Tech to a national championship game appearance in 1999.
Hall of Famer Frank Beamer, Shane's father, was the longtime coach of the Hokies before retiring following the 2015 season. The two agreed on a five-year, $13.5 million deal that runs through the 2025 season. Shane Beamer contract: How Shane Beamer's contract with South Carolina stacks up with other SEC coachesīeamer has been on the job in Columbia less than a year since South Carolina gave him his first opportunity to be a college football head coach last December. Tough loss: South Carolina fails major maturity test at Missouri, its margin for error shrinks At $2.75 million annually, Beamer is the 58th-highest paid coach in the country. 15, Virginia Tech will be on the hook for a $10 million buyout for the rest of Fuente's contract, with three years left on it, that was extended following the 2018 season.įuente was the 39th-highest paid coach in the country at $4.25 million annual salary, according to USA TODAY. Virginia Tech, Beamer's alma mater, announced it and coach Justin Fuente had agreed to part ways Tuesday morning.īecause both parties agreed to part ways prior to Dec. "We didn't put up a sign at Williams-Brice Stadium saying 'Welcome Home' on the football stadium to be trendy.
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