He has been a part of three coaching staffs, where the head coach was in his first or second season at the school. My family and I are thrilled to be coming back to Columbia and the state of South Carolina.'īeamer has been a part of building programs throughout his career. I am thankful to all the head coaches that I have worked for, the assistant coaches and student-athletes I have worked with. 'I am ready and excited to be the head football coach at the University of South Carolina. 'I have been preparing for this moment my entire life,' said Beamer. During his career, he has coached in 17 bowl games, including a College Football Playoff National Championship Game, has posted 18 non-losing seasons, six of those with double-digit victories and his teams have won 62.5 percent of its games. I believe Shane's energy, enthusiasm, commitment and fondness for our school and program will be met favorably by our student-athletes, staff and fans.'īeamer, 43, has been an assistant coach at seven Football Bowl Subdivision schools for 21 seasons. 'He has worked under some of the greatest coaches in college football and has taken those lessons to become one of the bright, young minds in the game. 'I believe that Shane Beamer is the perfect fit to be the head football coach at the University of South Carolina,' said Tanner. All rights reserved.Shane Beamer, considered to be one of the rising stars among coaches in college football, has been named the University of South Carolina's 36th head football coach, Director of Athletics Ray Tanner announced Dec. He was a long snapper on the 1999 Tech team that played for the BCS National Championship.īeamer and his wife, Emily, are the parents of three children - two daughters, Sutton and Olivia, both born in Columbia, and a son, Hunter, born in Blacksburg, Va.Ĭopyright 2020. A 2000 graduate of Virginia Tech, Beamer was a member of five bowl teams (1995-99 seasons) and three Big East Conference championship squads on the Hokie football team as a long snapper and wide receiver. The son of Hall of Fame coach, Frank Beamer, he worked with his father as the running backs coach at Virginia Tech from 2011-14. In 2017, the Bulldogs won the SEC Championship, finished second in the nation, falling in the CFP title game to Alabama in overtime. In between stops in Columbia and Norman, Beamer spent two seasons on the staff at Georgia as tight ends coach and special team’s coordinator. The Charleston, S.C., native, returns to one of his previous coaching stops, having been with the Gamecocks for four seasons (2007-10), coordinating special teams and coaching outside linebackers, as well as serving as recruiting coordinator during his last two seasons. The Sooners led the nation in total offense, scoring offense, and yards per play in 2018. He comes to Carolina from Oklahoma, where he has served as the assistant head coach for offense for the last three seasons. I believe Shane’s energy, enthusiasm, commitment and fondness for our school and program will be met favorably by our student-athletes, staff and fans.” “He has worked under some of the greatest coaches in college football and has taken those lessons to become one of the bright, young minds in the game. “I believe that Shane Beamer is the perfect fit to be the head football coach at the University of South Carolina,” said Tanner. During his career, he has coached in 17 bowl games, including a College Football Playoff National Championship Game, has posted 18 non-losing seasons, six of those with double-digit victories, and his teams have won 62.5% of its games. 6 release from USC Athletics Communications and Public Relationsīeamer, 43, has been an assistant coach at seven Football Bowl Subdivision schools for 21 seasons. Less than 24 hours, university president Bob Caslen and athletics director Ray Tanner introduced Beamer as the 36th head football coach in the football program’s history.īelow are parts of the Dec. National Coach of the Year (as recognized by American Football Coaches Association): $125,000īeamer’s hire was announced by the Gamecocks athletics department on Dec.SEC Coach of the Year (as recognized by SEC): $75,000.CFP National Championship game win: $1,000,000.

CFP National Championship game appearance: $750,000.CFP Semifinal game appearance: $500,000.CFP “New Years 6” bowl game appearance: $300,000.Non-CFP Bowl Appearance (except for Citrus Bowl): $100,000 ($150,000 for Citrus Bowl).SEC Championship game appearance: $200,000 ($250,000 if South Carolina wins).Performance incentive compensation is as follows: His total annual guaranteed compensation is $2.75 million, $1.1 million of which is his base salary and $1.65 million is outside compensation. The length of the contract runs from December 6, 2020, to December 31, 2025.

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