South Carolina board approves James Coley, assistant new contract
South Carolina’s Board of Trustees approved a contract for new assistant James Coley along with a new contract for an assistant coach on Friday afternoon.
Per the agreement, Coley’s contract will be two years, ending on Dec. 31, 2025. He’ll make $650,000 in year one and then $850,000 in 2025.
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Coley, 50, has a long track record in coaching. He most recently spent four seasons at Texas A&M, where he coached receivers in 2020-21 and mentored tight ends the past two seasons.
Before heading to College Station, he spent some time at Georgia on Kirby Smart’s staff. He was the wide receivers coach in 2016-17, which is when Shane Beamer was on staff as well in Athens. Coley then coached quarterbacks from 2018-19.
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Regarded as an outstanding recruiter, the Miami native’s first college job was as a graduate assistant under Nick Saban for LSU in 2003.
Coley has also worked as an assistant for the Miami Dolphins in the NFL, plus stints at FIU, FSU, and Miami.
In addition to Coley, the board also approved a new contract for defensive ends/outside linebackers coach Sterling Lucas.
Per the agreement, Lucas will earn $575,000. The new contract will expire on Dec. 31, 2025.
Lucas has been on staff at South Carolina since 2022 and will be heading into his third season.
