“If you give one reason, it’s an excuse, and that’s kind of the way it is nowadays,” Muschamp said. Bobby Bentley, who mentored the tight ends in 2019 and has spent the past four seasons as an offensive assistant coach, will transition to the quarterbacks room and will assist offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Mike Bobo. Cox spent the 2019 season as the Rams' wide receivers coach after mentoring the tight ends from 2015-18. ", https://www.si.com/college/southcarolina/football/usc-virtual-tour, https://www.si.com/college/southcarolina/football/virtual-visit-pt2, https://www.si.com/college/southcarolina/football/virtual-tour-parents, - Chaunte'l Powell, Gamecock Digest. He was a former Ole Miss co-offensive coordinator who spent the 2017 season as an analyst on the Nick Saban staff at Alabama. Each week, we are giving away an ultimate homegating kit by Texas Pete. 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Head coach Will Muschamp was finalizing his coaching staff up until about a week before the Gamecocks started spring practice and just three coaches from last season remain. The Commodores give up 37 points and 487.3 yards per game against SEC teams, on average. He made his debut in the Outback Bowl which saw the Gamecocks rally for 23 second half points to defeat Michigan 26-19. Changes to the South Carolina football staff have begun one day after the 2019 season ended. Bryan McClendon will no longer call plays for South Carolina, Josh Kendall of The Athletic also reported, along with the other changes. This includes information about the number of visitors to the site, what pages visitors view on our site and how long visitors are viewing pages on the site. Maybe it’s a pat on the back before McClendon’s way out the door. CSU has posted two of the top five scoring seasons in school history (3rd-35.3 in 2016 and 5th-33.4 in 2017) and two of the top four marks for total offense with Cox on the staff, including a school-record 492.5 yards per game in 2017 (also 4th, 462.5 in 2016). The report also said that quarterbacks coach Dan Werner will not be retained for 2020. He didn’t say what, didn’t say where, and then refused to talk about them. Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. The match will be aired on SEC Network + from Razorback Field. Changes are coming, Muschamp says. With the recruiting dead period extended, Muschamp was forced to get creative.The football program released a three-part virtual tour which he referred to as "the official visit. The last five and a half games have been brutal for the Gamecocks offensively. The first set of changes have come down within the South Carolina Gamecocks football program. Changes to the South Carolina football staff have begun one day after the 2019 season ended USC wide receivers coach Bryan McClendon works with his receivers during a … All of this lines up with “changes” Muschamp talked about Saturday. Shi Smith Celebrates TD Catch With Some Trash Talking. Shi Smith, Bryan Edwards, Tavien Feaster and Rico Dowdle all dealt with injuries and missed time during the season. He added former UGA play caller Mike Bobo as offensive coordinator, Joe Cox as tight ends coach, Kyle Krantz as special teams coordinator. Alabama, which has had a lot of critical injuries over the last few years, especially at linebacker, was looking to get into performance analytics anyway with its new sports sciences center, when popular strength and conditioning coach Scott Cochran left to be the special-teams coach at Georgia. Strength coach Jeff Dillman has been fired, @gogamecocks reports. Ahh, the ol’ fire the coordinator before you’re ultimately canned anyhow move. Junior wide receiver Warren Jackson averaged 111.9 receiving yards per game, fourth in the country, on 77 receptions with eight touchdowns in 10 games. University of South Carolina head football coach Will Muschamp announced this morning that there has been some coaching changes. Durkin, the other member of the co-defensive-coordinator pairing, is the name that you probably knew but forgot. By Josh Kendall Apr 24, 2020 1 ... COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina hired a new assistant football coach … Tweet us or email us to get in on the action! “I’m not addressing anything, as far as that’s concerned, so don’t ask.”. Connor Shaw, the winningest QB in Gamecock history was also hired as director of player development, replacing former Gamecock great Marcus Lattimore. "He has a long relationship with Coach Bobo, who speaks very highly of him, and did a great job with the tight ends and wide receivers at Colorado State. . He kept us out of nothing. … Also, Mississippi State star running back Kylin Hill delivered the biggest carry he’ll ever have as he helped push Mississippi to change its controversial state flag In five years at Michigan, before which he was coaching at high schools, Partridge rose from director of player personnel to the point in which he was hired away by Ole Miss to be a co-coordinator. He is expected to remain as the wide receivers coach but he will not be calling plays. Bryan McClendon will no longer call plays for South Carolina, a source told The Athletic. South Carolina Head coach Will Muschamp was finalizing his coaching staff up until about a week before the Gamecocks started spring practice and just three coaches from last season remain. South Carolina football coach Will Muschamp says changes are coming. Ballou is the new Director of Sports Performance, while Rhea is the Director of Performance Sciences. “I don’t have enough fingers to put in the dike right now. South Carolina finished the season averaging less than 20 points per game this season against Southeastern Conference opponents, which is ninth in the league with on team, Tennessee, still having the opportunity to move above the Gamecocks (4-8) in the statistical ranking. Bryan McClendon will remain on the Gamecock football staff but it will not be as offensive coordinator. And yeah, we all remember the anomaly in Athens. Confidence is a major issue. "Kyle has done a fantastic job for us, but in order to make this work for our offense, we needed to open up an on-field spot for Joe to come aboard.". After Muschamp was let go by Florida, Dillman spent the 2015 season as an assistant strength coach on the Alabama team that won the 2016 national championship by beating Clemson 45-40.