Shane Beamer’s biggest selling point on recruiting trail right now? It’s Shane Beamer

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Shane Beamer’s biggest selling point on recruiting trail right now? It’s Shane Beamer

11/04/2021

Shane Beamer has become synonymous with positive energy in Columbia. Beamer can find a diamond in the dust of a 44-14 loss at Texas A&M, and he’s yet to lose any of his preseason vigor amid South Carolina football’s 4-4 start to the 2021 season. The Gamecocks’ first-year head coach spent the latter part of last week’s open week visiting high schools across South Carolina. According to his Twitter, Beamer stopped by at least six schools around Columbia, including Chapin and Camden. He later attended Friday night football between May River and Hilton Head, where five-star Notre Dame commitment Jaylen Sneed attends school.

Less than a full year into his first tenure, Beamer’s recruiting moxie has already impressed national analysts. Rusty Mansell, 247Sports recruiting analyst, told The State last month that a coaching change can bring about a number of questions for prospects. For one, what’s the new coach going to be like? The answer is simple with Beamer: enthusiastic. (ARTICLE)

 

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Spurrier and Holtz both had real success turning around college football programs before coming here.  Morrison also had similar proven experience turning around football programs.  While at UT-Chattanooga, Morrison took a 4-7 football program and turned it into two 9-2 seasons. From there, Morrison moved on to become the head coach of New Mexico. While there, he took another 4-7 program and went on to a 10-1 season.  Those are the types of coaches who have been most successful here.

Muschamp was known as a great recruiter and DC, but definitely did not have a track record as a turnaround artist head coach.

Of the candidates for the job that eventually went to Shane, only Chadwell really fit the turnaround artist model.

Shane may end up being the "great recruiter, bad head coach" story, but I was impressed by his staff hires early on.

Shane and his staff have to figure out how to win in the SEC, but I am still hopeful that will happen.  It's going to be a painful experience for them until that happens, though.