South Carolina Hires Shane Beamer As Head Coach

December 6, 2020 by Staff

Shane Beamer, son of the legendary Frank Beamer, got his first head coaching gig on Sunday (December 6) when he was announced as Will Muschamp's replacement at South Carolina, as first reported by Bruce Feldman of The Atlantic on Saturday.

The  43-year old protege has been an Oklahoma since 2018 and this season served as assistant head coach for offense, tight ends and H-Backs, according to Soonerports.com. He also "played a role in overseeing special teams". Beamer was an assistant at South Carolina under Steve Spurrier from 2007-2010, coaching cornerbacks, linebackers and special teams.

Muschamp was fired on November 15, the day after a 59-42 loss to Ole Miss dropped South Carolina to 2-5 on the season and named Mike Bobo as his interim replacement for the remainder of the 2020 season.

Bobo just joined the program this year as offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach after losing his job as head coach at Colorado State at the of a 4-8 campaign in 2019. Before leaving for Colorado State, Bobo had served as QB coach and later as OC on the Georgia staff from 2001-2014.

The Muschamp tenure ends in Columbia with not much to write home about. He was 28-30 over-all, 17-22 in the SEC and a 1-2 bowl record. At Florida from 2011-2014, he was 28-21 overall and 17-15 in the SEC for career marks of 56-51 overall and 34-37 in the SEC with a 1-3 bowl record.

South Alabama on Sunday (December 6) fired Steve Campbell, the day after a 29-0 loss to Troy dropped the Jaguars to 4-7. It was the program's best mark under Campbell who was hired in 2018 to replace the architect of the program, Joey Jones. He leaves with a 9-26 record overall and a 6-18 mark in Sun Belt games.

Before taking the job in Mobile, Campbell had zero losing campaigns in 19 seasons as a head coach at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (won 2007 JUCO national title), Delta State (won 2000 D-2 title), and Central Arkansas (two FCS tournament bids).