I went to Nashville when he was here with the Titans. I went to Chicago when he was in Chicago. Wherever he was coaching, I would always try to go visit to pick his brain and watch practice. Met him as a Senior Bowl practice and we have always kept in touch. He was with the Tennessee Titans at the time. When he was in the NFL, I think I met him at Senior Bowl when I was an assistant coach at South Carolina previously. I really like Trey in Columbia, so I get it.ĭowell has been fantastic. You know, I like to think that I'm somewhat knowledgeable on the offensive side of the ball and defensive side of the ball as well, but it was a great experience for me and really beneficial.įRESHMAN IMPACT: Three South Carolina football freshmen poised in 2023 season to make immediate impact Question: What attracted you to Dowell Loggains for offensive coordinator, and how might your offense look different this year? And secondly, Trey Knox transferred from Arkansas. So I told Ray Tanner and Chance Miller when I interviewed for this job that, no, I have not been an offensive coordinator or defensive coordinator, but I would not have changed my career path for anything because of how it did prepare me to be a head football coach as well. So my time as a special teams coach really prepared me.Īnd then the fact that all along, I was coaching offense and defense. You have to be able to be detailed and organized because you might get 20 minutes in practice, so you've got to be efficient at what you're doing in that time. You have to be able to motivate guys to play special teams. So you have got to have a relationship with every player on the team. And I say that because when you're the special teams coordinator, you're the only coach other than the coach that stands in front of the whole team and talks to the team because coaching special teams embodies - takes the entire roster. Being a special teams coordinator prepared me better to be a head football coach than if I had been on the offensive side of the ball or the defensive side of the ball. Everybody talks about, well, that guy has not been an offensive coordinator or defensive coordinator. But also people talk about, well, you have not been a coordinator.īeing a special teams coordinator is being a coordinator. As a football coach, what challenges does that present and what do you feel like you've had to overcome?Ĭertainly respect the question. It's continuing to recruit great players and continue to develop the culture that we have at our place.īEST MOMENTS: Top 10 South Carolina sports moments of 2022-23 season, from SEC titles to Clemson upset Question: I believe you and Coach Sam Pittman are the only two coaches in the conference without an extensive coordinating background, offense and defensively. There are so many Hall of Fame coaches already in this league and future Hall of Fame coaches as well. That's what it takes to beat a great team like that, great coaches and great programs. In those games, North Carolina, Texas A&M and Clemson are the three you're referring to, you look at it, I mean, we had impactful plays in all those games on special teams, defense and offense. So for us, it's going to be to continue to can recruit great players and bring great people into our program. Those great wins that we had over those fantastic Hall of Fame coaches that you're referring to took all three phases and everybody in our program as well. And so they do a good job of keeping me humble as well. Yeah, my kids read that to me last night, and they made sure I realized that Kirby won a National Championship and I ain't beaten Kirby as well. What's the recipe in keeping this momentum going in Columbia as you said, facing one of the nation's toughest slates? South Carolina coach Shane Beamer at SEC Media Days 2023: Question: You are one of the only coaches in college football the last two seasons to have beaten three of the nation's five national championship head coaches: Jimbo Fisher, Dabo Swinney, Mack Brown.
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