Shane Beamer is leaving Oklahoma on good terms. The official Twitter account of the Sooners football team shared a congratulatory message to the new South Carolina head coach on Sunday.

Beamer served as Oklahoma’s assistant head coach for offense for the last three seasons. The Sooners led the nation in total offense, scoring offense and yards per play in 2018.

The Charleston, S.C. native, returns to one of his previous coaching stops, having been with the Gamecocks for four seasons under Steve Spurrier (2007-10), coordinating special teams and coaching outside linebackers, as well as serving as recruiting coordinator during his last two seasons.

In 2009 at South Carolina, Beamer was nominated for the Frank Broyles Award, which goes annually to the nation’s top assistant coach. His special teams’ units recorded five blocked kicks that season, tying for the SEC lead and tying for the eighth-highest total in the nation. He also helped coach a defensive unit that ranked third in the SEC and 15th in the country in total defense, and second in the league and eighth in the country in passing defense.

As the Gamecocks’ recruiting coordinator, his 2009 class was ranked 12th-best by both Rivals and Scout, and the 2010 and 2011 classes were ranked in the Top 25.

During Beamer’s tenure as recruiting coordinator at Carolina, nine of his signees were selected in the NFL draft. Those include first-round selection Stephen Gilmore (Buffalo Bills) and second-round selections Alshon Jeffery (Chicago Bears) and D.J. Swearinger (Houston Texans).

The Gamecocks’ all-time winningest quarterback, Connor Shaw, and rushing touchdown leader, Marcus Lattimore, were also in the 2010 class.

The son of Hall of Fame coach, Frank Beamer, Shane worked with his father as the running backs coach at Virginia Tech from 2011-14.

In between stops in Columbia and Norman, Beamer spent two seasons on the staff at Georgia as tight ends coach and special team’s coordinator.

Beamer’s first full-time coaching position was at Mississippi State, joining the Bulldogs in 2004 as defensive backs coach. In his first two seasons at State, he guided three defensive backs to SEC All-Freshman Team accolades. He made the move to running backs coach in the spring of 2006 and coached running back Anthony Dixon to SEC All-Freshman honors. He also served as the program’s recruiting coordinator.

Beamer spent three seasons (2001-03) as a graduate assistant at Tennessee, helping with the cornerbacks, coaching the placekickers, punters, and long snappers, and assisting in all special teams’ areas. He also oversaw game opponent scouting and earned a master’s degree in sport management in December 2003.

Before joining the staff at Tennessee, he worked one season (2000) as a graduate assistant at Georgia Tech, helping with the Yellow Jacket quarterbacks and wide receivers.