A former University of Tennessee graduate assistant is now the football head coach at South Carolina.
Shane Beamer has been hired to replace Will Muschamp as the Gamecocks head coach.
Beamer, who is the son of longtime Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer, served as a graduate assistant at Tennessee under Phillip Fulmer between 2001-03.
“I have been blessed to be able to work for great coaches over my career,” Beamer said at his South Carolina introductory press conference. “I’ve learned so much from all of them.
“Phillip Fulmer hired me and gave me an opportunity to get into the SEC and the University of Tennessee.”
Beamer began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Georgia Tech in 2000 before coming to Tennessee.
From UT, he went on to Mississippi State, where he worked for Sylvester Croom between 2004-06.
During his tenure with the Bulldogs, he coached cornerbacks, running backs and served as the recruiting coordinator.
He also served as an assistant at South Carolina under Steve Spurrier. In Columbia, Beamer coached safeties, outside linebackers and special teams.
Beamer also coached at Virginia Tech, Georgia and most recently, Oklahoma.
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