Coaching career Georgia Tech įollowing Beamer's playing career, he became a graduate assistant at Georgia Tech under George O'Leary for one season (2000), helping with the quarterbacks and wide receivers. That was his last game as a football player, having graduated in December 1999. Later, he moved to long snapper, the position he played during the Hokies' 1999 season, in which they played for the national championship. In 1995, Beamer chose to walk on as a wide receiver at Virginia Tech-where his father was head coach-over an offer of a partial scholarship from Division I-AA Charleston Southern. He attended Blacksburg High School where he lettered in both football and baseball, was first-team Group AA all-state receiver, and played in the 1995 Virginia high school all-star football game. In 1987, his father was named head coach of Virginia Tech, and the family moved to Blacksburg, Virginia.

Early life īeamer was born on March 31, 1977, in Charleston, South Carolina, to Cheryl (née Oakley) and Frank Beamer, at the time defensive line coach for the Citadel Bulldogs. He is the first South Carolina coach to win back-to-back games against top 10 teams and the first FBS coach since 1978 to win twice by 20+ points as a 20+ point underdog. He is the son of former Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer.īeamer is the highest-paid coach in school history.

Shane Beamer (born March 31, 1977) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the head coach at the University of South Carolina. Virginia Tech, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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