Oklahoma assistant Shane Beamer will reportedly be the next head coach at South Carolina

Oklahoma will reportedly be losing a member of its coaching staff. South Carolina has reportedly swooped in and taken one of the Sooners.

Oklahoma will reportedly be losing a member of its coaching staff.

The Sooners assistant head coach for offense, tight ends and H-backs coach at Oklahoma, Shane Beamer, interviewed for the South Carolina head coach opening last week. It was reported then that he was major candidate for the job.

The Gamecocks, per multiple reports, interviewed a number of names including Louisiana’s Billy Napier. Louisville’s Scott Satterfield and Iowa State’s Matt Campbell were reportedly on the wish list.

And all of the other candidates didn’t matter. The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman reports that Beamer will be the next head coach at South Carolina.

Beamer came to the Sooners in 2018 after spending two years as the special teams coordinator and tight ends coach at Georgia. He spent 2011-15 at Virginia Tech and was an assistant at South Carolina before that.

Here is what Lincoln Riley said about his prowess as a head coach.

“Shane’s going to be a really good head coach,” said Lincoln Riley during the Big 12 teleconference two Mondays ago. “He’s got great experience, being able to work with several different guys and several different programs, different parts of the country. And obviously, you know, very inside knowledge from one of the best to ever do it in his dad, Frank Beamer.

“Shane’s got a good way about him. Does a great job with the kids and has been fantastic. I’ll be excited for him. He’s one of those guys that I think certainly will get his opportunity at some point. Obviously, we love having him here. Certainly will be excited for him and any of our other coaches when they get that chance to be a head coach because those just don’t come around very often.”

Oklahoma last lost an offensive coach whenever Jay Boulware went to Texas after the 2019 season.

Beamer was not at Oklahoma’s game against Baylor on Saturday night. Sooners Wire is led to believe that is not for him taking the job at South Carolina, but for COVID-19 issues the Sooners are dealing with.

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