![]() ![]() I've coached at so many places in my 21-year career, and this is a unique place in so many amazing ways. "The resources are here to allow us to be successful. I just see great opportunities and great things in front of me," Beamer said. "As far as obstacles, I don't look at it that way. Only seven times in the history of the school has South Carolina won more than eight games in a season, four of those under Steve Spurrier.īeamer spent four seasons on Spurrier's staff from 2007-10 and was the Gamecocks' recruiting coordinator in 20, when they reeled in some of their best recruiting classes in school history. Shane Beamer, 43, takes over at South Carolina for Will Muschamp, who was fired with three games remaining in his fifth season on the job. "We may not use the term 'Beamer Ball' exactly, but playing that way and having that aspect as a part of our program is certainly something we're going to be about." That's what I think about when somebody says Beamer Ball. "But when you talk about Beamer Ball, you talk about attacking, talk about the ability to score on offense, defense and special teams. "Beamer Ball may be copyrighted up in Blacksburg," said Shane, who played and coached under his father. I'm pretty confident you'll be seeing him a lot around this program," Shane Beamer said.Īnd not only that, but Shane hopes to bring to South Carolina's program his own version of "Beamer Ball," a mantra that defined Frank's legendary 29-year career at Virginia Tech. "Whatever excuse we have to get him down here. To this day, Shane Beamer still relies on his father's advice, be it X's and O's and/or leadership, and he joked that the great golf courses in the area and Frank's six grandchildren now residing in the Carolinas would only ensure that his dad would be a fixture in Columbia. The shadow of his Hall of Fame father looms large, but Shane Beamer embraces that shadow, and said Monday at his introductory news conference as South Carolina's head coach that his father, Frank Beamer, would be around the Gamecocks' football program often. South Carolina football coach Shane Beamer says expect to see father Frank Beamer around a lotĬollege Football, South Carolina Gamecocks It was a growing time together and I am honored to be part of it,” said Beamer.You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser I think kids sitting at home were seeing this atmosphere and said you know I want to check into Virginia Tech. The applications and the enrollment went up. I think people started seeing the crowd at Lane Stadium with them jumping and having a great time and it was great TV. When we started going to those bowls and being on TV and being on Friday Night Football and Thursday Night Football. “I was fortunate to be coaching at a place that I love. Overall, Frank Beamer is proud of being part of the growth and legacy of Virginia Tech in so many ways. I felt like we were getting divided and I didn’t want to be that guy,” said Beamer. I loved it when we were all going in the same direction together. I never wanted to be the guy that split our fan base. “Some of the fans thought I should stay and some of the fans thought he was getting old. Some of the reasons Coach Beamer said were his age and the program not having the big-time success it had in the past. Coach Beamer has some regrets connected to that game.Īs time progressed with Coach Beamer leading the Virginia Tech football program in 2015, he made a decision to retire as head coach. Many feel Coach Beamer’s best team was his 1999 squad which played for the national title against Florida State in the Sugar Bowl. They also won three Big East titles and 4 ACC titles. From 1993-2015, a span of 23 seasons, Beamer led Tech to a bowl game each season. They care about the kids and thank goodness he kept me on there and we got it turned around pretty soon after that,” said Beamer.īeamer turned it around at Virginia Tech in a big way. ![]() I think he saw that they are working like heck to graduate the kids. About my fourth or fifth year, there were about 70 kids that were not in our program that you need to win in that fifth year and fourth year. When I came in, we had restrictions with the scholarships. I think that Dave saw we were doing things right. “There are not too many people that after a 2-8-1 season in your 6th year. ![]() The athletic director for Virginia Tech at the time, Dave Braine believed in Beamer and kept him as head coach. The first six seasons at Virginia Tech, were hard for Coach Beamer as he went 24-40-2…including a 2-8-1 season in 1992. ![]()
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