{"id":29220,"date":"2025-10-20T03:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T03:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=29220"},"modified":"2025-10-20T03:45:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T03:45:00","slug":"s-carolinas-beamer-pushes-back-on-virginia-tech-vacancy-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=29220","title":{"rendered":"S. Carolina&#8217;s Beamer pushes back on Virginia Tech vacancy rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<p>Adam Rittenberg<span class=\"timestamp \">Oct 19, 2025, 07:51 PM ET<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Close<\/p>\n<ul>College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University.<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>South Carolina football coach Shane Beamer pushed back Sunday about being rumored as a candidate for Virginia Tech&#8217;s coaching vacancy, saying he&#8217;s in his &#8220;dream job&#8221; with the Gamecocks.<\/p>\n<p>Beamer spoke with the South Carolina team about a media report that suggested he could return to Virginia Tech, where his father Frank was a Hall of Fame coach from 1987 to 2015, and where Shane played and coached.<\/p>\n<p>South Carolina, which entered this season No. 13 in the AP Poll and had College Football Playoff aspirations, is 3-4 following Saturday&#8217;s 26-7 home loss to No. 14 Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am working my rear end off to get us back to where we&#8217;re in that mix and playoff talk,&#8221; Beamer said. &#8220;And that&#8217;s the same thing I told our football team today, that I guess the gist of that article was that would be a parachute or something for me to get out of here and have a soft landing spot. Well, I&#8217;m not happy with where we are right now, and I&#8217;m determined to get it fixed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Beamer, 48, is 32-26 at South Carolina, which gave him his first head coaching opportunity. He had AP Top 25 finishes in 2022 and 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Beamer played long snapper and wide receiver at Virginia Tech from 1995 to 1999, while Frank coached there. He also served as a Hokies assistant under Frank Beamer from 2011 to 2015, after four years as a South Carolina assistant.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia Tech is looking for a coach after firing Brent Pry on Sept. 14. In January, Beamer received a new contract with South Carolina that runs through the 2030 season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve conveyed many times how much I want to be here,&#8221; Beamer said. &#8220;This is my dream job. I said that when I came here. Nothing has changed. I am pissed off at the way we are performing right now, and it&#8217;s not acceptable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Gamecocks host No. 4 Alabama this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam RittenbergOct 19, 2025, 07:51 PM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. South Carolina football coach Shane Beamer pushed back Sunday about being rumored as a candidate for Virginia Tech&#8217;s coaching vacancy, saying he&#8217;s in his &#8220;dream job&#8221; with the Gamecocks. 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