Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney considers Shane Beamer a friend, and when he heard that Beamer was in talks to become the new head coach at South Carolina, Swinney reached out to Beamer for a short conversation. He also thinks the Gamecocks have made a good hire.
South Carolina officially announced on Sunday that Beamer, an assistant at Oklahoma, will be its next football coach, succeeding Will Muschamp who was fired after a 2-5 start this season. Beamer is the son of legendary former Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer and worked as an assistant for the Gamecocks from 2007 to 2010 under Steve Spurrier.