Lincoln Riley named Shane Beamer his special teams coordinator at his press conference on Wednesday.
Lincoln Riley said Shane Beamer would take a bigger role with special teams but that special teams would be more of a collaborative effort this season #Sooners
— Ryan Aber (@ryaber) February 12, 2020
The vacancy came open due to Jay Boulware’s departure to Texas. Boulware spent seven seasons with the Sooners, acting as Oklahoma’s running backs and special teams coach.
Riley has not given the special teams coaching role to anyone yet. Along with Beamer, cornerbacks coach Roy Manning has spent time coaching special teams in his lone season at UCLA. New running backs coach DeMarco Murray also returned kickoffs for Oklahoma during his playing days starring for the Sooners.
Beamer was initially hired on as Oklahoma’s assistant head coach and tight ends coach in 2018. He spent the previous year as the tight ends and special teams coach for Georgia. Before that he had stints at South Carolina, Virginia Tech, Mississippi State, Tennessee and Georgia Tech.
Demarco Murray replaced Boulware as the Sooners running backs coach.
The Sooners begin spring practice on March 10, and will play their annual Spring Game on April 18. Their first game of the 2020 season will be against Missouri State on Sep. 5.
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