Jody Wright approved as new tight ends coach
South Carolina has officially hired Jody Wright as its new tight ends coach.
The South Carolina board of trustees governance committee approved a contract for the former New York Giants offensive assistant on Friday afternoon.
Wright receives a two-year contract worth $350,000 in Year 1 with an automatic increase to $400,000 in Year 2.
The news of Wright’s impending hire first broke last week.
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Wright will replace former tight ends coach Erik Kimrey, who spent one season at South Carolina in the role.
Kimrey took over the football program at The Baylor School, a highly regarded private school in Chattanooga, Tn.
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Jody Wright’s bio
Wright spent the last two seasons with the Giants, one as an offensive assistant and the other as a defensive assistant, after spending 2019 as Special Assistant to the Head Coach with the Browns.
Prior to that, Wright spent 2018 as UAB’s offensive line coach and assistant head coach. That came after three seasons as Director of Player Personnel for Nick Saban at Alabama. That was a bit of a return to home for Wright who spent 2010 as the Tide’s offensive graduate assistant and 2011 and 2012 as an offensive analyst.
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The Jacksonville State graduate’s time in Alabama sandwiched a year at UAB as assistant head coach and running backs coach in 2014.
Prior to Wright’s Alabama stops, he spent five seasons at various roles at Mississippi State. There he crossed paths with South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer and former Gamecock defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson, who gave Wright his first job.
A graduate of Pickens Academy in Carrollton, Ala., Wright played for his father, Lynn, in high school. He was named an All-State running back during his final two seasons.
Wright is the second on-field assistant hire for Beamer this offseason. The Gamecocks’ head coach also went the NFL route to hire Sterling Lucas to replace Mike Peterson as South Carolina’s ends/EDGEs coach.
