Will South Carolina Receive A Bowl Bid in the 2021 Season Last season the South Carolina Gamecocks struggled to a 2-8 record under coaches Will Muschamp and Mike Bobo. It has been a steady regression in the program since their last bowl appearance in 2018 and a 4-8 mark in 2019. However, there is enthusiasm with the hiring of new head coach Shane Beamer and a new sense of hope that the bowl drought ends this season. The 44-year-old Beamer has had extensive coaching experience as an assistant starting in 2000 with Georgia Tech. Since then, he’s been on the coaching staff at Tennesse (2001-2003), Mississippi State (2004-2006), and in 2007 he was hired by Steve Spurrier a special teams coordinator and outside linebackers at South Carolina. Beamer was also successful as a recruiting coordinator for the Gamecocks in 2009, sending the likes of Alshon Jeffery and Stephon Gillmore to the NFL. After stints at Virginia Tech, Georgia, and Oklahoma, Beamer is back and liked what he saw in his fi
