DREAM JOB

Shane Beamer is exactly where he wants to be

DAVID CLONINGER

It’s a staple of every coach’s introductory press conference. They all say how much they love being here, how they know this school can win, how they only wanted this job and nothing else. That’s as much a part of college football as saying that holding can be called on every play. Yet when Shane Beamer said it as he was being introduced as South Carolina’s new football coach … It was how he had to pause and compose himself when discussing how much Columbia and USC meant to his wife and family. It was how he posed for the standard hiring-day pictures inside the stadium but didn’t have the usual grip-and-grin smile, instead wearing a wistful, proud, tranquil expression. It was how a man who has lived and coached…

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Athlon Sports (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2021 SEC College Football

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