The following piece of the South Carolina soccer workers is reportedly in place. Veteran offensive line coach Randy Clements, at present at TCU, will be a part of head coach Shane Beamer’s teaching workers for the 2026 season. CBS Sports activities’ Matt Zenitz was first to report the information.
Clements is at present the assistant offensive line coach for the Horned Frogs and is on the teaching workers with offensive coordinator Kendal Briles, who’s reportedly nearing a deal to develop into the Gamecocks’ subsequent offensive coordinator.
Whereas he is solely an assistant offensive line coach this season, Clements has an extended historical past teaching main applications in school soccer. Previous to his time at TCU, he was the offensive line coach at North Carolina for 2 seasons. He additionally had stints with Houston, Baylor, Florida State and Ole Miss in his teaching profession, which started in 1986 at Stephen F. Austin.
From 2010-2020, Clements was the offensive line coach for 9 offenses that ranked within the prime 13 nationally, which included three straight at Baylor from 2013-15.
In his first yr with the Tar Heels, three offensive linemen earned All-ACC honors on a crew that put up 192.1 yards dashing, which ranked nineteenth nationally. The 491.2 yards per sport that yr ranked seventh nationally. Two offensive linemen earned All-ACC honors in 2024, together with first-teamer Willie Lampkin.
Clements will take the spot of former offensive line coach Lonnie Teasley, who was fired on Oct. 12, on the Gamecocks’ teaching workers. Teasley was with this system because the starting of the Beamer period.
As soon as Teasley was fired, Shawn Elliott left his tight finish teaching function and took over the offensive line. Elliott might return to the tight finish teaching function.
The Gamecocks will lose only one scholarship offensive lineman to commencement, however one has already introduced his intention to enter the NCAA Switch Portal. There are a dozen scholarship offensive linemen who’ve the chance to return for the 2026 season.
South Carolina has but to formally announce the rent of any new coaches this offseason, so Beamer has three spots on his workers to fill. Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Mike Shula together with offensive line coach Lonnie Teasley had been each fired in the course of the season.
The Gamecocks are reportedly nearing a deal with TCU offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Kendal Briles for a similar place.
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