Shane Beamer
Shane Beamer went 36–33 as a head coach, 2021–2026, at South Carolina. Share
- Record
- 36–33 career
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Mar 31, 1977
- Best season
- 2024 9–4, No. 19
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | South Carolina | 7–6 | T–4th | Duke’s Mayo Bowl W | ||
| 2022 | South Carolina | 8–5 | 3rd | Gator Bowl L | 23 | |
| 2023 | South Carolina | 5–7 | T–4th | |||
| 2024 | South Carolina | 9–4 | T–4th | Citrus Bowl L | 19 | |
| 2025 | South Carolina | 4–8 | T–13th | |||
| 2026 | South Carolina | 3–3 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
Players he coached
Kyle Kennard2024 Bronko Nagurski Trophy
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 29 | 8–21 | 28% |
| Against top-10 teams | 11 | 3–8 | 27% |
| Against rivals | 20 | 6–14 | 30% |
| Conference games | 44 | 17–27 | 39% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 21 | 10–11 | 48% |
| At home | 39 | 25–14 | 64% |
| On the road | 25 | 9–16 | 36% |
| At neutral sites | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 33 | 24–9 | 73% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 36 | 12–24 | 33% |
His own 69 games on file, 2021–2026, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Lea 2021–2025 | 4–1 | Vanderbilt | 5 | |
| Mark Stoops 2021–2025 | 4–1 | Kentucky | 5 | |
| Dabo Swinney 2021–2025 | 2–3 | Clemson | 5 | |
| Eli Drinkwitz 2021–2025 | 1–4 | Missouri | 5 | |
| Jimbo Fisher 2021–2023 | 1–2 | Texas A&M | 3 | |
| Josh Heupel 2021–2023 | 1–2 | Tennessee | 3 | |
| Kirby Smart 2021–2023 | 0–3 | Georgia | 3 | |
| Kalen DeBoer 2024–2026 | 0–3 | Alabama | 3 |
Shane Beamer’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Kentuckyseries | 6 | 4–2 |
| Vanderbiltseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Clemsonseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Texas A&Mseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Missouriseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| Floridaseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Tennesseeseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Georgiaseries | 3 | 0–3 |
How he was hired
- Hired by South Carolina for the 2021 season from Oklahoma, where he was assistant head coach. He had a prior connection to the school.
Power-conference head-coaching hires since 2010, with each coach’s previous job and ties to the school as collected by hand from Wikipedia: Hiring facts: M. Schuckers, cfb_coach_analytics.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Georgia Tech | Graduate assistant | |
| 2001–03 | Tennessee | Graduate assistant | |
| 2004–05 | Mississippi State | Cornerbacks coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| 2006 | Mississippi State | Running backs coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| 2007 | South Carolina | Outside linebackers and co-special teams coach | |
| 2008 | South Carolina | Cornerbacks coach | |
| 2009–10 | South Carolina | Safeties and special teams coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| 2011–15 | Virginia Tech | Assistant head coach and running backs coach | |
| 2016–17 | Georgia | Tight ends and special teams coach | |
| 2018–20 | Oklahoma | Assistant head coach and tight ends coach | |
| 2021–present | South Carolina | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- George O’LearyGeorgia Tech
- Phillip FulmerTennessee
- Sylvester CroomMississippi State
- Steve SpurrierSouth Carolina
- Frank BeamerVirginia Tech
- Kirby SmartGeorgia
- Lincoln RileyOklahoma
Assistants who became head coaches
- Marcus SatterfieldTennessee Tech
- Pete LemboBall State, Buffalo, Lehigh, Elon
- Freddie KitchensNorth Carolina, Cleveland Browns
- Dowell LoggainsApp State
- Mike ShulaAlabama
- Shawn ElliottSouth Carolina, Georgia State
- Geoff CollinsTemple, Georgia Tech
- Stan DraytonTemple
Worked under (7)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George O’Leary | Georgia Tech | 2000 | Graduate assistant | |
| Phillip Fulmer | Tennessee | 2001–03 | Graduate assistant | |
| Sylvester Croom | Mississippi State | 2004–06 | 2004–05: cornerbacks coach and recruiting coordinator; 2006: running backs coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| Steve Spurrier | South Carolina | 2007–10 | 2007: outside linebackers and co-special teams coach; 2008: cornerbacks coach; 2009–10: safeties and special teams coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| Frank Beamer | Virginia Tech | 2011–15 | Assistant head coach and running backs coach | |
| Kirby Smart | Georgia | 2016–17 | Tight ends and special teams coach | |
| Lincoln Riley | Oklahoma | 2018–20 | Assistant head coach and tight ends coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (8)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Satterfield | South Carolina, 2021–22: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Tennessee Tech | |
| Pete Lembo | South Carolina, 2021–23: assistant head coach and special teams coach | Ball State, Buffalo, Lehigh, Elon | |
| Freddie Kitchens | South Carolina, 2022: senior analyst | North Carolina, Cleveland Browns | |
| Dowell Loggains | South Carolina, 2023–24: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | App State | |
| Mike Shula | South Carolina, 2024–25: senior offensive assistant; 2025: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Alabama | |
| Shawn Elliott | South Carolina, 2024–26: tight ends coach and running game coordinator | South Carolina, Georgia State | |
| Geoff Collins | South Carolina, 2025–26: assistant coach | Temple, Georgia Tech | |
| Stan Drayton | South Carolina, 2026: running backs coach | Temple |
Other assistants under him (4)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Clayton White | South Carolina, 2021–26: defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach | |
| Greg Adkins | South Carolina, 2021–22: offensive line coach; 2023–26: analyst | |
| Marquel Blackwell | South Carolina, 2024–25: running backs coach | |
| Kendal Briles | South Carolina, 2026: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
How he coached
Beamer’s teams went for it on 28% of fourth downs and on 48% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 51% of plays and took 26.4 seconds a play, 2021–2026.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 13 g | 28 of 104 27% | 45% | 47% | 28.4 | −0.04 | |
| 2022 13 g | 21 of 89 24% | 39% | 54% | 26.4 | +0.05 | |
| 2023 12 g | 24 of 101 24% | 49% | 59% | 25.5 | +0.03 | |
| 2024 12 g | 25 of 81 31% | 55% | 43% | 26.6 | +0.11 | |
| 2025 12 g | 32 of 102 31% | 52% | 51% | 26.1 | −0.06 | |
| 2026 6 g | 13 of 43 30% | 52% | 49% | 24.5 | +0.18 | |
| All 68 g | 143 of 520 28% | 48% | 51% | 26.4 | +0.03 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.