Back in January on the heels of a torrid close to the 2024 football season, South Carolina coach Shane Beamer signed an extension through 2030. His name was mentioned in the early stages of the Virginia Tech coaching search as one to possibly return to Blacksburg where his father was a legendary coach.
Now, he very well should be on the hot seat.
Following Saturday’s historic collapse at Texas A&M, the Gamecocks are 3-7 and just 1-7 in the SEC.
Beamer was blessed with one of the most exciting athletes in college football in quarterback LaNorris Sellers, who has regressed as a passer and made very little impact as a runner this year. Beamer just fired offensive coordinator Mike Shula last week.
On Saturday, his Gamecocks led the Aggies 30-3 at halftime, and in a first-half interview with ESPN, Beamer was his smug self, boasting that “We beat this team by 24 points last year,” and that they didn’t expect to come into College Station and just compete.
But Mike Elko thoroughly out-coached Beamer throughout the second half, and no matter what he did, he couldn’t slow the gaping, bleeding wound once A&M began its comeback.
At this point, you have to wonder how long South Carolina is going to deal with this. He’s now 32-29 in his career with a 16-24 record in the SEC. That’s not the kind of numbers that earn you goodwill and coaching comfortability.
