COLOMBIA, SC – If Shane Beamer’s relatively unknown technical team has a weight on his shoulder, Beamer is fine.
This is one of the ways the 43-year-old South Carolina first-year coach has remained motivated throughout his more than two decades in the business.
“I still tell myself that the only reason people think I have this job is because my last name is Beamer. When I was in Oklahoma, I said to myself, ‘Some people think that the only reason you are the coach of the strict limits here is because your father gave you that job,’ ”Beamer told The Athletic during a socially distant interview. in the Previous Week team’s internal facilities. “This is my 22nd year as a coach, and I still do that, whether it’s real or not.”
The subject “something to prove” in this context came first from Gamecocks’ offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield, who got the job after Mike Bobo left to …