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Shane Beamer has his next offensive coordinator.  The South Carolina head football coach will enter his third year with Dowell Loggains running the offensive side of the ball. Loggains, 42, takes over for Marcus Satterfield, who took the offensive coordinator job at Nebraska. Loggains spent the last year as tight end coach at Arkansas. The university's Board of Trustees approved Loggains contract Tuesday during its monthly meeting. It is a three-year deal for $1 million per year, according to David Cloninger. Dowell Loggains has been approved as South Carolina's offensive coordinator. He has a three-year deal (through 2025) at $1 million per year. — David Cloninger (@DCPandC) December 13, 2022 Loggains contract at Arkansas was a two-year deal, and topped at $400,000 this year. Under Satterfield in 2022, South Carolina averaged 31.7 points per game, ranking 45th in the country. The Gamecocks averaged 257.8 passing yards (T-42nd with South Alabama) but was one of the worst rushi...

Year two of the Shane Beamer era is in the books, and it is safe to say the vibe in Columbia is far more positive than it was at the end of the 2020 football season. That mood is thanks in large part to the last two weeks of the season with a blowout win and a 31-30 win over rival Clemson. Both were wins over top 10-ranked teams, a program first.  Coming off a two-win season that saw former coach Will Muschamp fired during the season, Beamer has injected the near dead program with energy on the back of going 16-10 and a two bowl game appearances. The bowl game this year has not been played yet. There are still plenty of kinks to work out, but it is clear Beamer is building the program identity around special teams and defense in an attempt to replicate the reputation and success his father had at Virginia Tech.  LINK: Beamer's first season cause for optimism LINK: Dabo Swinney: "Education isn't important" He also has a major hire coming at offensive coordinator with M...