Shane Beamer rips South Carolina radio station over Garrett Riley report

Shane Beamer isn’t shy about using social media to address media coverage of his South Carolina football team. Beamer recently blasted a South Carolina radio station for a report about Garrett Riley.

The Fan Upstate tweeted that the Gamecocks sought to hire Garrett Riley as their new offensive coordinator. Riley, who won the Broyles Award for the nation’s top assistant coach this past season as TCU’s offensive coordinator, has officially been hired as Clemson’s new OC. South Carolina named former Arkansas assistant Dowell Loggains its new offensive coordinator in December.

Beamer took issue with The Fan Upstate reporting he pursued Riley, and blasted the radio station in a tweet, questioning the sourcing of the reporting and emphasizing Loggains as the right man for the job in Columbia.

I normally don’t respond to second-rate /J.V. radio programs I’ve never heard of (and apparently no one else has either considering you’re in the Upstate & have 8,000 followers )

Do you have a good source ? Other than , oh I don’t know ….ME?

Happy for Garrett. We got OUR guy https://t.co/VpBjtO2CfC

— Shane Beamer (@CoachSBeamer) January 14, 2023

The station’s Marc Ryan responded to the viral tweet by saying Beamer should spend less time on the social media app.

Beamer spends WAY too much time arguing with folks on Twitter. It’s not what elite coaches in college football do.

We are #1 in our market, have won best show in the state, and I’m hosting tomorrow for the #1 network in the country in a prime slot previewing the NFL Playoffs.

— Marc Ryan (@MarcRyanOnAir) January 14, 2023

Beamer’s tweet is at 1.7 million views at time of publishing.

Andrew Olson

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