After consecutive campaigns in which the Gamecocks exceeded preseason expectations, excitement is at a fever pitch to see what’s in store for 2023 as South Carolina Football opens its annual spring camp.
The Gamecocks, beginning the third season of the Shane Beamer Era, are coming off an 8-5 season, including a 4-4 mark in the SEC, a one-game improvement both overall and in the SEC, from the 7-6, 3-5 ledger that was posted in Coach Beamer’s first year in 2021. The 2022 season was highlighted by three wins over top-15 opponents, as the Gamecocks knocked off No. 13 Kentucky, No. 5 Tennessee and No. 7 Clemson, the final two in back-to-back weeks that wrapped up the regular season. The 2022 season also saw Carolina top Texas A&M for the first time in school history, and continue its mastery over Vanderbilt, defeating the Commodores for the 14th-consecutive time.
By winning eight games in a season for just the 15th time in 129 seasons of intercollegiate football and for the first time since winning eight in 2017, the Gamecock finished the 2022 season ranked 23rd in the country in both the final Associated Press and USA Today Coaches’ polls. It marked the first time since 2013 that the Gamecocks finished the season ranked in the top-25 and just the 10th time Carolina has finished the season ranked in the final AP poll.
With 15 wins at the helm of Gamecock Football, Coach Beamer has matched the school record for wins in his first two seasons in Columbia. After winning just six games combined in the two seasons prior to Coach Beamer’s arrival, coupled with arrival of the country’s 16th-ranked recruiting class, it’s no wonder expectations around the program have ratcheted up immensely in the 15 months since Coach Beamer was hired.
But there is still plenty of work to be done between now and September to keep that trajectory heading in the right direction. After another off-season of high-intensity workouts led by strength & conditioning coach Luke Day and his staff, the next step takes place on the field with 15 spring practices.
Most who follow Gamecock Football are paying attention this spring to see what the offense will look like in 2023 under the guidance of first-year offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Dowell Loggains. Loggains, who has spent the past two seasons as the tight ends coach at Arkansas, brings a wealth of experience from the NFL, where he logged stints with six different organizations over 16…
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