Shane Beamer calls out false reports on departure of Marcus Satterfield

In the wake of Marcus Satterfield’s decision to leave South Carolina for Nebraska, a rumor surfaced alleging Shane Beamer opted to fire him after the Florida game. The Gamecocks lost that matchup 38-6, and fans were vocal in their calls for Satterfield to be fired.

That report was news to Beamer, apparently.

“I didn’t know I parted ways with Satt,” Beamer said Wednesday.

Beamer emphatically denied the report and called out the “false info” that makes its way across social media. He noted the effect it has on recruiting, particularly when inaccurate information makes its way on to social media.

That’s when he again denied a decision to part ways with Satterfield.

“Well, I know this is going to be shocking,” Beamer said. “One of the Gamecock websites was wrong. Sorry for anyone that reported that. There’s a lot of false info out there, unfortunately. I got to deal with that with recruits and things like that and things they read on the internet, which, hate to break it to you guys, the internet and Twitter’s not real life.

“No, I did not decide to part ways with Satt after the Florida game.”

After that loss to Florida, South Carolina rallied to upset Tennessee and Clemson to close out the season. Now that Satterfield is reunited with Matt Rhule at Nebraska, the Gamecocks moved to hire Arkansas tight ends coach Dowell Loggains Tuesday to replace him. However, Loggains won’t call plays in the Gator Bowl against Notre Dame, and Beamer isn’t showing his hand on who will run the offense.

South Carolina hires Arkansas tight ends coach Dowell Loggains as offensive coordinator

After Marcus Satterfield left South Carolina to join Matt Rhule at Nebraska, Shane Beamer has found his new offensive coordinator. He’s turning to an SEC rival to fill the role.

South Carolina announced it’s hiring Arkansas tight ends coach Dowell Loggains as its new offensive coordinator. Loggains spent the last two years in Fayetteville as tight ends coach following 12 years as an NFL assistant.

Loggains, who attended Arkansas as a student, got his coaching start with the Tennessee Titans as a quality control coach from 2008-09. From there, he moved up to quarterbacks coach from 2010-11 and offensive coordinator from 2012-13. He then spent 2014 as the Cleveland Browns’ quarterbacks coach before three years with the Chicago Bears, starting as quarterbacks coach in 2015 and moving up to offensive coordinator in 2016 and 2017.