The South Carolina Board of Trustees set aside time during their annual retreat to talk about sports. The Council announced the approval of four more football contracts for the first year’s head coach Shane Beamer, including both its coordinators. Two detained assistants also received a salary increase.
Gamecocks now have eight of their 10 technical assistants under contract, as well as strength and conditioning coach Luke Day, who left the Marshall football program to join Beamer in South Carolina. Each coach is on campus this week, starting preparation for the 2021 season.
Beamer also officially has the leaders on either side of football. Offensive Coordinator Marcus Satterfield joins the program after a year with the Carolina Panthers. Defensive Coordinator Clayton White comes to Columbia after three years in Western Kentucky in the same position. Special teams coordinator Pete Lembo his contract was approved as coordinator of special teams on January 4th.
Running Backs Coach Des Kitchings and linebacker trainer Mike Peterson, who were earning $ 300,000 a year, saw their salaries increased to $ 420,000 a year. Both have two-year business.
Here is the new contract information for each assistant coach.
Offensive coordinator / coach QB Marcus Satterfield: 2 years / $ 900,000 per year
Defensive Coordinator Clayton White: 3 years / $ 900,000 per year
Defensive defense technician Torrian Gray: 3 years / $ 350,000 Year 1; $ 475,000 year 2; $ 500,000 year 3
Strength and conditioning trainer Luke Day: 2 years / $ 400,000 per year
All four coaches signed their terms, meaning that they are now under contract with South Carolina. Gray and White have a $ 300,000 early termination clause if he terminates his contract in the first year, and it decreases by $ 100,000 a year. every year. Satterfield owed the school $ 300,000 if it terminated its first year contract with the program and $ 200,000 in the second year. Day owed $ 200,000 in his first year and $ 100,000 in his second year.
Beamer still has two more vacancies in the field to fill in his technical team. Former offensive lineman Will be friend left after about a week to join his friend and former offensive coordinator Mike Bobo in Auburn. Defensive line coach Tracy Rocker left for Auburn on Wednesday of this week. The combined trio owes the school $ 250,000.
Here are the details of the contract for the other five coaches on the field.
Tight-tipped trainer Erik Kimrey: 2 years / $ 200,000 per year
Running Backs Coach Des Kitchings: 2 years / $ 420,000 per year
Special teams coordinator Pete Lembo: 3 years / $ 450,000 per year
Linebacker trainer Mike Peterson: 2 years / $ 420,000 per year
Wide receivers coach Justin Stepp: 2 years / $ 460,000 per year
Beamer had his contract officially approved by the Board of Trustees on December 15 and will make $ 2.75 million a year each year for the duration of the five-year agreement. Beamer, a first-time coach who returned to South Carolina after spending the past three seasons in Oklahoma, was officially announced by Gamecocks on December 6.
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