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Luke Doty and LaNorris Sellers on Mike Shula's smooth transition to offensive coordinator

by:Peyton Butt•12/29/24
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Mike Shula’s recent promotion to offensive coordinator has resulted in nothing but praise from South Carolina quarterbacks. Both quarterback LaNorris Sellers and athlete Luke Doty say the transition has been smooth so far.

Doty, a redshirt senior, has spent some time with Shula thanks to his part-time quarterback role. However, he says that the relationships Shula has built with his players are strong and that he doesn’t expect anything different now that the former analyst is the Gamecocks’ offensive coordinator.

“I don’t think it’s changed a bit,” Doty said. “Shula’s been very involved. He was involved even when D-Lo (Dowell Loggains) was here. He definitely has done a great job with LaNorris as far as mechanics and stuff and D-Lo did a great job earlier this year, pretty much throughout the entire season. But Shula has definitely stepped in and took that role.”

With Shula’s help this year, Sellers has grown and developed into one of the country’s top rising stars. Shula’s guidance is something noticed by other players like Doty.

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“You can definitely tell just where he’s helped out and obviously D-Lo, too,” Doty said. “Just the things they have taught [Sellers] and just preparation for not only practice, meetings, but the game. How he approaches it, that all comes from those guys and Shula’s been great for him. He’s definitely been another set of eyes for LaNorris.”

For Sellers, Shula’s involvement made the transition a smooth one. Not much has changed for QB1 with Shula’s promotion.

“It’s not really a big change for him,” Sellers said. “He’s just growing into it, getting with people, everybody.”

During the Citrus Bowl, Shula will be calling plays from the field as the offensive coordinator. However, this doesn’t seem to pose any unfamiliarity for Sellers.

“Maybe for them [it might be different]. For me, I can just talk to him, see what he’s thinking,” Sellers said.

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