The information was provided by Demon Deacons radio analyst Tommy Elrod, a former Wake Forest player and assistant coach who was at the center of what became the "Wakeyleaks" scandal. "Beamer has been a part of building programs throughout his career. South Carolina lost to Notre Dame 45-38 in the Gator Bowl. Peterson played linebacker on head coach Steve Spurriers Florida Gators from 1995-98. With Petersons mentoring, senior Darius English turned in his finest season for the Garnet & Black in 2016, garnering 9.0 sacks to move him into both the single-season and career (15.0) sacks top-10 lists in school history while earning second-team All-SEC accolades. He maintained the recruiting coordinator title but made the move to running backs coach in the spring of 2006 where he tutored running back Anthony Dixon to SEC All-Freshman honors. Lindsey, who was born in Cheraw, S.C. and lists Morven, N.C. as his hometown, spent the 2020 season on Lovie Smith's staff at the University of Illinois, coaching defensive ends. [1], The team has played more than 1,100 games over 118 seasons of South Carolina football. He worked as a graduate assistant at Clemson from 2009-11. In Stepp's four recruiting classes on the Hill, he's brought in seven 4-stars recruits. [3], Beamer was born on March 31, 1977, in Charleston, South Carolina, to Cheryl (ne Oakley) and Frank Beamer, at the time defensive line coach for the Citadel Bulldogs. His 2018 Rice special teams ranked fifth in the FBS with just 16.12 kickoff return yards allowed and 15th with 24.41 kickoff return yards per game. Football assistants: Grading South Carolina football coaching staff's performance through 8 games White will now make $1.1 million as South Carolina's DC, up from $900,000 on his. As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. He mentored defensive end Gary Wilkins to All-America honors in 2014 and a contract with the Oakland Raiders. He also helped coach a defensive unit that ranked third in the SEC and 15th in the country in total defense, and second in the league and eighth in the country in passing defense.As the Gamecocks' recruiting coordinator, his 2009 class was ranked 12th-best by both Rivals and Scout, and the 2010 and 2011 classes were ranked in the Top 25.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. In 2016, Sutton led the SMU offense for the second-straight season, hauling in 76 passes for 1,246 yards and 10 TDs to become SMU's first 1,000-yard receiver since 2013. South Carolina Football Coaches Association -2022 Football Clinic 2021 SCFCA Football Recruitment Fair Thursday, December 9, 2021 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Friday, December 10, 2021 10:00 am - 1:00 pm What to Bring: Bring cut-ups and game film on potential college players. He helped lead the Hokies to a pair of conference titles and was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the second round (49th overall) of the 1997 NFL Draft. [2] Eight coaches have led the Gamecocks to the postseason bowl games: John D. McMillan, Paul Dietzel, Jim Carlen, Joe Morrison, Brad Scott, Lou Holtz, Spurrier, Will Muschamp and Shane Beamer. The Bulldogs posted a 21-7 combined record with Beamer on staff. The most comprehensive coverage of the University of South Carolina Gamecocks Football on the web with highlights, scores, news, schedules, rosters, and more! Since November 2004, Steve Spurrier has served as South Carolina's head coach. Kimrey, a highly-successful high school coach, returns to his alma mater for his first stint as a collegiate coach. [2] Seven coaches have led the Gamecocks to postseason bowl games: John D. McMillan, Paul Dietzel, Jim Carlen, Joe Morrison, Brad Scott, Lou Holtz and Spurrier. He was the youngest and fastest coach to reach 100 victories in South Carolina history and the only coach to have won six-consecutive state championships. Right guard Cain Madden earned second team All-America honors from both the Associated Press and Walter Camp. AD Ray Tanner: "I believe that Shane Beamer is the perfect fit to be the head football coach at the University of South Carolina. A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. He earned All-SoCon recognition as a junior and senior and finished his playing career with 1,568 yards, 10 touchdown catches and 118 receptions, good for No. The Hilltoppers allowed only 142 plays of 10-plus yards all season - which ranked tied for 10th in the country.The Hilltoppers were one of the nation's stingiest inside the red zone in 2018. He also oversaw game opponent scouting while earning a masters degree in sport management in December 2003. South Carolina hires former Gamecock defender, AAC assistant as new DL Head Coach Shane Beamer met with members of the media on Wednesday afternoon to recap the National Signing Day 2023. He has been on three coaching staffs where the head coach was in his first or second season at the school. Swearinger (Houston). Beamer wrapped up the season with a 3821 victory over North Carolina in the Duke's Mayo Bowl. Beamer chose to retain others, but they have since left for other jobs of the same title in the SEC and NFL. [10] In 2008, the Gamecock defense finished 2nd in pass defense and 13th in total defense nationally. 80,250), NFL/AFL stats for South Carolina Gamecocks players at Pro-Football-Reference, Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Monday, May 1, 6:49AM. 1st season at South Carolina (previously Illinois defensive ends coach)Current contract: 2 years,$350,000 per year. His special teams' units recorded five blocked kicks that season, tying for the SEC lead and tying for the eighth-highest total in the nation. Possbile replacements for Jimmy Lindsey at South Carolina | The State Lembo comes to Carolina after two seasons as the assistant head coach and special teams coordinator at Memphis. Between his two tours of duty at Marshall, Adkins coached the offensive line at six schools, including four Power-5 schools, two of which are in the SEC. Find out more. 4 on the school's career list at the time.Stepp's professional career began as wide receivers and strength coach at Fort Mill (S.C.) High School in 2007 before becoming the wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator at NCAA Division II North Greenville in 2008. He also had stints at Western Carolina (2004-05) and Western Michigan (2006).White was a three-year letterman at linebacker at NC State (1997-2000), ending his career in the Wolfpack record book in several categories including career tackles for loss (33), single-season tackles for loss (16) and tackles in a single game (23). Adkins began his coaching career at his alma mater, mentoring the defensive line, tight ends and offensive line at Marshall for five seasons from 1991-95. 1st season at South Carolina (previously Marshall offensive line coach)Current contract: 2 years, $550,000 per year. Photo Gallery. We will have tables set up for all high school coaches THAT REQUEST A TABLE. WKU allowed just a 103.41 passer rating with their backs against the wall, good for the sixth-best mark nationally. List of South Carolina Gamecocks head football coaches Nine of Beamer's on-field assistant coaches are new hires. Hustle Award. Charlotte set a school record for passing TDs (24) and a school FBS record for passing yards (2,749), thanks to a receiving corps that included honorable mention all-C-USA choice Victor Tucker. In his first year at Temple, Satterfield's offense averaged nearly 400 yards per game, which was the most by an Owl team since 1979. Even better, the Hilltoppers allowed opposing quarterbacks to complete passes at just a 32.7 percent clip, the best mark in the nation.During White's first campaign as the defensive playcaller in 2017, the Hilltoppers enjoyed a historic stretch, holding opponents to their fewest point totals through the season's first seven games in 15 years and a record over that span in the FBS era.The pass defense was also one of the nation's stingiest in allowing passing touchdowns, as opposing teams found the end zone just 11 times through the air all season against the Hilltoppers, a mark which ranked No. The South Carolina Gamecocks college football team represents the University of South Carolina in the East Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). One of his standout performers was former Gamecock D.J. Nominated for the Broyles Award, the 2019 Tigers special teams ranked in the top-10 in six NCAA/FBS statistical categories: kick-return yards (2nd), kick-return TD (2nd), blocked kicks (6th), blocked punts (6th), kickoff touchbacks (6th) and kick returns (9th). When computing the winloss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Beamer is the highest-paid coach in school history. Only Michigan (74) and Air Force (81) had better such numbers.WKU also ranked among the best in the nation in a handful of other statistics: 15th with 224 first downs allowed, 19th in red zone defense with a scoring rate of 75.8 percent, 24th in total defense with 335.5 yards allowed per game and 28th with 200 passing yards allowed per game. 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The Wolfpack ranked in the top-30 in total defense in both 2015 and 2016. He is the son of former Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer. The Cardinal rose to as high as No. Opposing quarterbacks completed just 50.4 percent of their passes in those 10 seasons, the lowest percentage of any defense in the nation. South Carolina Football Coaches Association -2022 Football Clinic 2021 SCFCA Football Recruitment Fair Thursday, December 9, 2021 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Friday, December 10, 2021 10:00 am - 1:00 pm What to Bring: Bring cut-ups and game film on potential college players. In his 10 seasons coaching the secondary in Blacksburg under head coach Frank Beamer, his unit allowed just 185.0 passing yards per game and a 106.5 opponent passer rating - both ranked second in the nation over that span. NCAA Football Sports NFL Gamecock Digest on FanNation Report: South. The Sooners led the nation in total offense, scoring offense and yards per play in 2018.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 South Carolina Gamecocks football program represents the University of South Carolina.The Gamecocks compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference.The team's head coach is Shane Beamer.They play their home games at Williams-Brice Stadium.. From 1953 through 1970, the Gamecocks played . Head Coach Shane Beamer and five members of the Gamecock football team, including Eric Douglas, Jovaughn Gwyn, Brad Johnson, Dakereon Joyner and Spencer Rattler, met with members of the media on Thursday morning. Hanna Barton 06/17/22. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Additionally, Gray guided cornerbacks CJ Henderson (First Team) and Kaiir Elam (Freshmen Team) to All-SEC honors by the league's coaches. Outside. South Carolina head football coach Shane Beamer is about to begin a search for a new interior defensive line coach, as it was first reported early Friday morning by On3's Matt Zenitz that. Vann led the team with 43 receptions for 679 yards after logging just 47 catches for 377 . Head Coach Shane Beamer met with members of the media following the Gamecocks 38-45 loss to Notre Dame in the Gator Bowl. He mentored the cornerbacks in 2008, then coached the Spurs and strong safeties and was both the special teams coordinator and recruiting coordinator in 2009 and 2010, setting the foundation for the most successful run in Gamecock Football history. While in Storrs, the Huskies tied for the national lead with three punt returns for touchdowns and led the Big East with a 12.5 punt return average, good for No. Lindsey was the Hilltoppers' defensive line coach in 2017, before coaching the defensive ends and serving as the recruiting coordinator in 2018 and 2019.Lindsey's coaching career began at his alma mater, Chattanooga, where he was an assistant in 2000 and '01 while finishing up his degree. In 2020, the Thundering Herd surrendered 12 sacks in 10 games, ranking 13th in the country, while allowing just 3.5 tackles for loss per game, the nation's fourth-best mark. South Carolina Gamecocks News - Yardbarker First-year head coach Shane Beamer leads it off, followed by his three coordinators and seven other position coaches. 1 in the country. "I am ready and excited to be the head football coach at the University of South Carolina. Shane Beamer (born March 31, 1977) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the head coach at the University of South Carolina. He is the program's second player of the day to enter the portal, joining quarterback. Among the players who played for Kimrey at Hammond include current GamecocksJordan Burch,Alex Huntley,Bradley DunnandFabian Goodman. Those five years would be the only years he would ever be a head coach in college football. Todd Ellis and Coach Beamer discuss the preseason, as the Gamecocks prepare for their week one opponent, Georgia State. Peterson is credited with the development of Bryson Allen-Williams, who logged 10 tackles for loss in 2018 despite playing in just nine games, and finished his career 10th on the schools all-time list with 27.5 tackles for loss. Beamers first full-time coaching position was at Mississippi State, joining the Bulldogs in 2004 as cornerbacks coach and recruiting coordinator. His special teams ranked eighth nationally in net punting (41.7), and 20th in kickoff returns (23.5) while blocking four kicks. Warren Giese spent five seasons as the South Carolina head football coach. 1st season at South Carolina (previously Florida cornerbacks coach)Current contract: 3 years/$350,000 Year 1; $475,000 Year 2; $500,000 Year 3. Watch Live: Shane Beamer's News Conference Beginning at 12:30 P.M. VIDEO: Shane Beamer Tuesday News Conference 04/04/23, VIDEO: Shane Beamer Tuesday News Conference 03/28/23, VIDEO: Shane Beamer Tuesday News Conference 03/21/23, VIDEOS: Thursday Football Media Availability 03/02/23. Stepp, who was born in Columbia and graduated from nearby Pelion High School, has spent the past three seasons as the wide receivers coach at the University of Arkansas. The Virginia Tech secondary ranked in the top 15 nationally in opponent passer rating eight times in Gray's 10 seasons leading the unit, including three top-five finishes.During Gray's tenure, a total of 11 Hokie defensive backs were selected in the NFL Draft.In 2014, the Hokies had the fourth-best pass defense (189.2 ypg) in the Atlantic Coast Conference despite losing All-American Kendall Fuller early in the season due to injury. It's never too early to start making plans to join us at Williams-Brice in 2023. He is the son of former Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer .