

There's a lot of energy and enthusiasm around our program. "My son Hunter, he's in the second grade, I want him to graduate high school in Columbia. But (South Carolina) is fantastic. I love this state, I want to live in this state and be in this city. "I went to high school (in Blacksburg), played at Virginia Tech, graduated from there, coached there, my parents still there. Despite the strong ties, he reiterated that South Carolina and Columbia is where his family wants to be. "It'll always be a special place to me," Beamer said about Virginia Tech. Midseason Grades: South Carolina football: Grading the Gamecocks at midseason in year one for Shane Beamer Shane Beamer went back 12 years later and was Frank's assistant head coach and running backs coach for four years from 2011-2015, his father's final season. Shane played for this father in Blacksburg and was a senior on the 1999 team as a long snapper. He led Virginia Tech to a national championship game appearance in 1999.


Hall of Famer Frank Beamer, Shane's father, was the longtime coach of the Hokies before retiring following the 2015 season. The two agreed on a five-year, $13.5 million deal that runs through the 2025 season. Shane Beamer contract: How Shane Beamer's contract with South Carolina stacks up with other SEC coachesīeamer has been on the job in Columbia less than a year since South Carolina gave him his first opportunity to be a college football head coach last December. Tough loss: South Carolina fails major maturity test at Missouri, its margin for error shrinks
