National sports video director and The Late Kick host Josh Pate spent time talking about South Carolina football on his last show on Thursday night.
Having visited Williams-Brice Stadium for big games in the past, Pate is well aware of how turbulent the atmosphere in the Gamecocks’ home can be. He says what first-year head coach Shane Beamer is inheriting is a blessing, from the passion of the fans to the facilities and the continued growth of Columbia.
Watch the video at the beginning of this article for a longer segment on Gamecocks. Below is a shorter take covering the facilities that Beamer inherited and the atmosphere at the Williams-Brice Stadium.
A blessing @CoachSBeamer saw the moment he walked in the door in South Carolina … there is no need for a massive upgrade of facilities in Columbia. pic.twitter.com/CwtY0mL1Pe
– Josh Pate ???? (@LateKickJosh) March 19, 2021
Another blessing @CoachSBeamer inherits … he manages to sell America’s most underrated gaming experience to recruits pic.twitter.com/xMZLf2mazD
– Josh Pate ???? (@LateKickJosh) March 19, 2021
“I hope everything, from Covid’s point of view, is under control and we can reopen this thing,” said Beamer on Thursday when asked how to bring recruits back to campus. “Nobody will be more excited when this happens than this program, because there is a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot going on in this building right now, so much energy, so much emotion, is going on. “
WATCH: Thursday’s full episode of The Late Kick with Josh Pate
Beamer, 43, was hired to be the head coach in South Carolina on December 6.
“I have been preparing for this moment all my life,” said Beamer in a note released by the school at the time of his hiring. “I am ready and excited to be the head football coach at the University of South Carolina. I thank all the head coaches I have worked for, the assistant coaches and the student-athletes I have worked with. My family and I are thrilled to be going back to Columbia and the state of South Carolina. “
Beamer participated in the creation of programs throughout his career. He has been part of three technical teams, where the head coach was in his first or second season at school. He joined the Lincoln Riley unit in Oklahoma in his second season, the Kirby Smart program in Georgia in his first season, and the Sylvester Croom team in Mississippi in his first season.
He came from Oklahoma to Carolina, where he served as a technical assistant for the attack for the past three seasons. The Sooners led the country in full attack, scoring attack and yards per move in 2018.
The Charleston, SC, native returns to one of his previous coaching stops, having been with the Gamecocks for four seasons (2007-10), coordinating special teams and training external linebackers, as well as serving as recruiting coordinator during his two seasons. last seasons.
In 2009, in South Carolina, Beamer was nominated for the Frank Broyles Award, which goes annually to the country’s best assistant coach. Their special teams’ units recorded five blocked kicks that season, drawing at the SEC’s lead and drawing at the eighth highest total in the country. He also helped to train a defensive unit that was third in the SEC and 15 in the country in full defense, and second in the league and eighth in the country in defense of passes.
As the Gamecocks recruiting coordinator, his class of 2009 was rated the 12th best by Rivals and Scout, and the classes of 2010 and 2011 were ranked among the top 25.