Story by
South Carolina's Shane Beamer named AP's SEC Coach of Year, finalist for Eddie Robinson award
- Story by
- South Carolina's Shane Beamer named AP's SEC Coach of Year, finalist for Eddie Robinson award
COLUMBIA — In the past 24 hours South Carolina football coach Shane Beamer was voted AP's SEC Coach of the Year and named a finalist for the 2024 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award.
Beamer also was voted SEC Coach of the Year by the USA TODAY Network on Dec. 5.
Advertisement
The Eddie Robinson award is the first national recognition for Beamer, and he is up against just one other coach from the SEC: Kirby Smart of Georgia. The two are up against eight more coaches, six of who along with Smart are coaching in the College Football Playoff: Curt Cignetti of Indiana, Kenny Dillingham of Arizona State, Dan Lanning of Oregon , Spencer Danielson of Boise State , Rhett Lashlee of SMU and Marcus Freeman of Notre Dame. Jeff Monken of Army is also a finalist.
The winner will be voted on by members of the Football Writers Association of America, and announced on Dec. 18.
"Absolute HONOR to have my name mentioned in any way with Coach Robinson…. Humbling," Beamer wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter on Tuesday. "This recognition is solely because of the amazing TEAM I have around me with @GamecockFB. So many amazing players , coaches and staff -Blessed."
Robinson coached Grambling State University for 55 years. He previously held the record for most wins by a Division I college football coach with 408, but is now second to Joe Paterno (409).
Advertisement
Beamer is South Carolina 's first Eddie Robinson Award finalist.
The Gamecocks have won nine games for the first time since 2017 and a six-game win streak for the first time in 11 seasons.
South Carolina faces Illinois on Dec. 31 (3 p.m. ET, ABC) in the Citrus Bowl at Camping World Stadium in Orlando. If the Gamecocks win, they will become just the fifth team in program history to win 10 games in a season, and Beamer (29-21 overall) has already passed former coach Steve Spurrier for most wins in the first four season as head coach.
KENNARD: South Carolina football edge rusher Kyle Kennard wins Bronko Nagurski Trophy
Advertisement
Lulu Kesin covers South Carolina athletics for The Greenville News and the USA TODAY Network. Email her at lkesin@gannett.com and follow her on X, formerly known as Twitter, @Lulukesin
This article originally appeared on Greenville News: Shane Beamer named AP SEC Coach of Year, finalist for Eddie Robinson award
