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Oklahoma coaching search: Current SEC head coach reportedly a ‘prime candidate’ for Sooners
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Shane Beamer just finished up his 1st regular season as the coach at South Carolina and his 1st season as a college head coach.
The 44-year-old led the Gamecocks to a 6-6 record, after being hired from his assistant’s job at Oklahoma.
With Lincoln Riley having accepted the head coaching position at USC, the Sooners are in need of a coach.
On Monday, 247Sports reported that Beamer is a “prime candidate” for the job.
South Carolina coach Shane Beamer is a prime candidate for the Oklahoma job, sources tell @247Sports: https://t.co/LoirPi8Cq0
— Brad Crawford (@BCrawford247) November 29, 2021
Beamer spent the 2018-2020 seasons at Oklahoma as an associate head coach and tight ends coach, and he also had stints at Virginia Tech, Georgia, Mississippi State and South Carolina as an assistant.
His father is Frank Beamer, who won 280 career games as the head coach at Murray State and Virginia Tech.
"Chris Wallace covers college football for Saturday Down South. He has covered college athletics for multiple newspapers and also worked previously for Rivals.com and GolfChannel.com."
