Shane Beamer excited to retain both Lonnie Teasley, Greg Adkins
Heading into the bowl game, Shane Beamer wasn’t sure what South Carolina football’s offensive line coach roles would look like. But he was sure about one thing.
Beamer wanted the Gamecocks to retain both Lonnie Teasley and Greg Adkins, who worked in tandem during the 2022 season.
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Now, entering the 2023 offseason, the Gamecocks still have both on staff. And Beamer is excited about having each here helping recruit in January despite not knowing fully what Adkins’ role will look like.
“Right now, we haven’t talked about responsibilities. He’s still going to be heavily involved with what we do. I told him I wanted him to stay around,” Beamer said. “To me, we have two really good offensive line coaches in Lonnie and Ad. I’m happy to have both of them here. They’re both on the same page and work great together.”
The Board of Trustees approved Teasley as South Carolina’s new full-time offensive line coach earlier this month. He signed a two-season deal making $410,000 annually.
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Teasley served as the Gamecocks’ offensive line coach for most of the season last year. Adkins was serving in an off-the-field role while working through some health concerns.
He and Teasley tag-teamed one of the best Gamecocks’ offensive line classes in recent memory. South Carolina signed three four-star offensive linemen in the 2023 class. Each ended up ranked inside the top 300 in the On3’s rankings: Markee Anderson (147), Oluwatosin Babalade (177) and Trovon Baugh (287).
The Gamecocks also inked three-star Jatavius Shivers and transfer portal prospects Nick Gargiulo (Yale) and Sidney Fugar (Western Illinois).
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It’s full-steam ahead now with Teasley the full-time coach with Adkins helping however he can.
South Carolina still has to figure out what Adkins’ day-to-day role looks like. Teasley served as an analyst in 2021 and the first part of 2022 and it seems likely Adkins will stay on in that role too.
Beamer said that role is in flux right now, too, waiting to see what rule changes the NCAA may make with analysts moving forward.
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“Ad’s phenomenal with recruits, phenomenal as a coach. I certainly wanted him to get his health in order. And he’s well on his way to doing that,” Beamer said. “A lot of that too is there’s a lot of talk with the NCAA and how analysts may be viewed as far as what they can and can’t do. I think his role is to be determined. But he’ll be heavily involved in what we’re doing on and off the field.”
The NCAA is currently weighing an option that allows analysts to work more with players during practice but still keep the number of active coaches for games at 10.
But there’s no doubt, Beamer said, that Adkins is going to stick around with the program heading into the 2023 season.
