South Carolina announces hiring of 3 assistant coaches, including OC Kendal Briles
By Andrew Olson
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South Carolina has its offensive coaching staff set for 2026. The program announced the hires of 3 assistants to Shane Beamer‘s staff on Thursday.
Kendal Briles is the program’s new offensive coordinator. Briles joins the Gamecocks after spending the past 3 seasons at TCU. The Horned Frogs finished 40th, 25th and 43rd nationally in scoring offense under Briles, averaging 30 or more points per game each year. TCU also ranked 11th, 31st and 30th in total offense the past 3 seasons. Briles has prior SEC experience as offensive coordinator at Arkansas from 2020-22.
Also following Briles from TCU is Randy Clements as the Gamecocks’ new offensive line coach. Clements is a 35-year coaching veteran. He was offensive line coach at Baylor from 2008-16 and reunited with Briles last year as an assistant OL coach for the Horned Frogs. Other recent stops for Clements include Florida State (2019), Ole Miss (2020) and North Carolina (2023-24).
Stan Drayton is South Carolina‘s new running backs coach. Drayton will hold the additional title of assistant head coach for offense. A 33-year coaching veteran, Drayton collected national championship rings serving on Urban Meyer’s staff at Florida (2006) and Ohio State (2014). He was head coach at Temple 2022-24 and most recently on James Franklin’s Penn State staff for the 2025 season.
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