Selling: South Carolina should consider firing Shane Beamer
I think Shane Beamer is a pretty good head coach despite South Carolina’s dreadful 2025 season. Beamer’s flaw, to this point in his career, has been hiring offensive coordinators. Marcus Satterfield was a mistake. Dowell Loggains was an improvement, although even he arguably didn’t get the most out of South Carolina’s talent on offense. The decision to promote Mike Shula is probably the biggest reason why the Gamecocks are 1-4 in the SEC entering Week 9.If South Carolina’s disaster season continues, should Beamer be fired? I would say no. We’re still only 1 year removed from the Gamecocks winning 9 regular season games. That’s South Carolina’s best non-Steve Spurrier season in more than 20 years. I think Beamer deserves another opportunity. But he has to get better at hiring offensive coordinators, and fast. South Carolina has never had a top-40 offense (by yards per play) under Beamer. This year, the Gamecocks rank 121st.
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