Shane Beamer’s salary at South Carolina set to soar past $6 million, ESPN report says
Shane Beamer is reportedly set for a massive pay raise.
South Carolina is preparing hand Beamer a new deal that will bump his salary from $2.75 million to “the $6.5 million range annually in average salary, per ESPN’s Chris Low.
The USC board of trustees is set to meet on Friday afternoon at 4 p.m. with just one piece of business to discuss: “Approval of Athletics Contracts.”
Beamer was previously the lowest paid among the SEC among the 13 coaches with publicly available contracts.
The second-year head coach guided South Carolina to an 8-5 season and No. 19 national ranking in 2022, capped off with a loss to No. 21 Notre Dame in the Gator Bowl. Beamer is 15-11 over his first two campaigns in Columbia and recorded wins over No. 5 Tennessee and No. 8 Clemson in back-to-back weeks this fall.
Beamer’s contract, once approved, would be the highest annual salary number ever for a USC coach. Will Muschamp’s deal signed on the heels of a 9-4 campaign in 2017 was the previous high at $4.4 million in the final year of his tenure in 2020.
Beamer came to South Carolina following Muschamp’s ousting amid a 2-8 campaign. The son of legendary Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer, he most recently served as the tight ends coach at Oklahoma under Lincoln Riley, along with stops at Georgia, Tennessee and Mississippi State.
Shane Beamer, who led @GamecockFB to an 8-win season including wins over Top-10 foes Tennessee and Clemson, is set to receive a huge raise. Sources tell ESPN he will go from $2.75 million to the $6.5 million range annually in average salary. Board meeting Friday to approve deal.
— Chris Low (@ClowESPN) January 6, 2023
This raise for @CoachSBeamer is a resounding statement that the university believes strongly in him and the direction in which the @GamecockFB program is headed. He's won big games and created a lot of excitement in two years on the job. He came in as the SEC's lowest-paid coach.
— Chris Low (@ClowESPN) January 6, 2023
SEC HEAD COACHING CONTRACTS ENTERING 2022
All information gathered from the USA Today coaching salary database
Nick Saban, Alabama — $10.957 million
Kirby Smart, Georgia — $10.253 million
Brian Kelly, LSU — $9.81 million
Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M — $9 million
Billy Napier, Florida — $7.27 million
Lane Kiffin, Ole Miss — $7.25 million
Mark Stoops, Kentucky — $6.763 million
Sam Pittman, Arkansas — $6 million
Mike Leach, Mississippi State — $5.5 million
Bryan Harsin, Auburn — $5.1 million
Josh Heupel, Tennessee — $5 million
Eli Drinkwitz, Missouri — $4 million
Shane Beamer, South Carolina — $2.75 million
Clark Lea, Vanderbilt — undisclosed
