Shane Beamer revamps Gamecocks’ offensive staff with 3 new coaches

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (South Carolina Football) – University of South Carolina football coach Shane Beamer has revamped the offensive staff with three new coaches.

Briles was named the Gamecocks’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, Drayton will serve as the running backs coach and assistant head coach for offense while Clements will work as the offensive line coach.

Shane Beamer revamps Gamecocks’ offensive staff with 3 new coaches(South Carolina Football)

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Kendal Briles

Briles comes to Columbia after spending the past three seasons (2023-25) as the associate head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterback coach at TCU. During his tenure in Fort Worth, the Horned Frogs were consistently ranked among the national leaders in several offensive categories. TCU finished 40th, 25th and 43rd nationally in scoring offense under Briles and never had a season averaging under 30 points. In addition, they were 11th, 31st and 30th in total offense during those three seasons. The Frogs produced back-to-back 1,000-yard receivers in 2024 and ’25, while quarterback Josh Hoover set the school’s single-season passing record under Briles in 2024.

Briles came to TCU after serving the previous three seasons (2020-22) in a similar role at Arkansas. Briles made an immediate impact upon his arrival in Fayetteville. He inherited an offense that averaged just 21.4 points and 340.1 yards per game the previous year and led the Razorbacks to an improvement of more than 50 yards per game with an average of 391.5 per contest. The following season, Arkansas posted its best offensive numbers in five seasons with averages of 30.9 points and 441.7 yards per game. Arkansas led all Power 5 teams and ranked seventh in the FBS with 227.8 rushing yards per game in 2021, the most since the Razorbacks set a school record in 2007. The Hogs eclipsed 300 yards rushing three times, including a season-best 353 in the Outback Bowl win over Penn State.

Prior to his time in Fayetteville, Briles was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Florida State, Houston, FAU and Baylor. At each of his stops, his units were ranked among the nation’s leaders in offense as well as showing dramatic improvement from the year prior to his arrival.

At Florida State in 2019, Briles took over a unit that averaged just 21.9 points and 361.2 yards per game and engineered a Seminole offense that averaged 29.1 points and 403.2 yards per game. FSU’s running game went from one of the worst in the FBS at 91.1 yards per game in 2018 to 133.8 in 2019.

Briles was behind one of the most explosive offenses in the nation in 2018 at Houston. The Cougars ranked seventh in total offense (512.5 yards) and fifth in scoring (43.9). Houston was one of just three teams to place in the top-25 nationally in passing and rushing, averaging 295.5 yards in the air and 216.8 on the ground. The Cougars scored at least 30 points in 12 games and led the NCAA with at least 40 points in 10 contests.

Briles directed the offense at FAU in 2017, helping the Owls to top-10 rankings in rushing (6th-285.3), scoring (8th-40.6) and total offense (9th-498.4). Briles was instrumental in FAU winning its first Conference USA championship and added a victory in the Boca Raton Bowl. Devin Singletary became FAU’s first Associated Press All-American as he led the nation with 32 rushing touchdowns, en route to being a third-round pick by the Chicago Bears.

The first nine years of Briles’ coaching career were spent at Baylor University. His first game as the play caller was the 2015 Cotton Bowl, when the Bears set an NCAA bowl record with 601 passing yards against Michigan State. He served in numerous roles at Baylor, including inside receivers coach, passing game coordinator and recruiting coordinator before taking over as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach his final two seasons in Waco. His recruiting efforts were recognized in 2013 and 2014 as the Big 12’s Recruiter of the Year.

In 2015, Briles led Baylor’s offense to historic numbers while being tabbed a Broyles Award finalist. The Bears topped the nation at 48.1 points per game and 616.2 yards of total offense, the third-best mark in NCAA history. Behind an NCAA bowl record 645 rushing yards and a bowl mark 756 in total offense, Baylor closed the season with a win over No. 10 North Carolina in the Russell Athletic Bowl. Briles’ 2016 unit led the Big 12 in rushing with 241.2 yards per game. Baylor’s 2013 offense, when he was passing game coordinator, produced the second-highest total offense season average in NCAA history at 618.8 yards per game.

During his seven years as the Bears’ wide receivers coach, Briles tutored four All-Americans and five eventual NFL receivers.

An outstanding high school quarterback, Briles earned Texas 4A Offensive Player of the Year and all-state honors in each of his final two seasons at Stephenville and Frenship high schools after generating 9,322 yards of total offense and accounting for 98 touchdowns. He began his collegiate playing career at the University of Texas. After redshirting in 2001, he played seven games at safety and intercepted two passes in 2002. He transferred to Houston and moved to wide receiver, catching 70 passes for 680 yards and a touchdown. He earned his bachelor’s degree in sport management from Houston in 2005 and was inducted into the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame in 2014.

Born Nov. 10, 1982, in Abilene, Texas, Briles and his wife, Sarah, have three children: sons Jaytn and Kru, and daughter Kinley.

BRILES FILE

Born: November 10, 1982

Hometown: Abilene, Texas

Married: Sarah

Children: Jaytn, Kru, Kinley

Alma Mater: Houston (2005)

PLAYING EXPERIENCE:

2001-02: Texas

2003-05: Houston

COACHING EXPERIENCE:

2023-2025: TCU (Associate Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks)

2020-2022: Arkansas (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks)

2019: Florida State (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks)

2018: Houston (Associate Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks)

2017: Florida Atlantic (Associate Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks)

2015-2016: Baylor (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks)

2012-2014: Baylor (Wide Receivers/Passing Game Coordinator)

2008-2011: Baylor (Wide Receivers/Run Game Coordinator)

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Stan Drayton

Stan Drayton is a 33-year coaching veteran with 26 years of experience tutoring running backs. He has been part of two national championship coaching staffs (Florida in 2006 and Ohio State in 2014) and has five years of NFL coaching experience. He spent the 2025 season on James Franklin’s staff at Penn State after serving as the head coach at Temple University from 2022-24.

During his career, Drayton has mentored several prominent running backs including Brian Westbrook, Jerious Norwood, Carlos Hyde, Ezekiel Elliott, Bijan Robinson, Matt Forte and Jordan Howard. He has coached seven 1,000-yard rushers, five NFL Draft picks and two All-Americans.

Drayton has extensive experience in the SEC, logging stints at Mississippi State (2004) where he worked with Coach Beamer under head coach Sylvester Croom. He also had two tours of duty at Florida under Urban Meyer (2005-07 and 2010) and spent a year at Tennessee on Phillip Fulmer’s staff (2008).

Drayton’s career has also included stops at his alma mater, Allegheny (1993), Eastern Michigan (1994), Penn (1995), Villanova (1996-99), Bowling Green (2000), Syracuse (2009), Ohio State (2010-14) and Texas (2017-21). In addition, he worked for the Green Bay Packers (2001-03) and Chicago Bears (2015-16) in the NFL.

In 2016 under Drayton, Jordan Howard set the Bears single-season rookie record with 1,313 yards, despite only having 12 carries in the team’s first three games. His total was the second-best of any player in the NFL regular season that year.

During Ohio State’s National Championship season in 2014, Drayton tutored Ezekiel Elliott, who finished third in the nation and second in single-season school history with 1,878 rushing yards. Elliott was named College Football Playoff National Championship Offensive MVP with 246 rushing yards (tied for third most in single-game school history) and four touchdowns on 36 carries against Oregon. He was also named Offensive MVP of the Sugar Bowl (230 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries) versus Alabama in the semifinals.

In 2013, Drayton helped Carlos Hyde finish eighth in the nation in rushing, averaging 126.8 yards per game.

Hyde was named the Big Ten’s Ameche-Dayne Running Back of the Year as his 1,521 rushing yards were eighth-most in school history and his 7.3 yards per carry was the highest single-season average in school history.

In 2006, Florida won the BCS National Championship while averaging 160 rushing yards per game.

Drayton mentored Brian Westbrook at Villanova, who became the first collegiate player on any level to record more than 1,000 yards both rushing and receiving in the same season in 1998. Westbrook was a two-time All-American, the winner of the 2001 Walter Payton Award as the Offensive Player of the Year in NCAA Division I-AA, was a third-round pick by the Philadelphia Eagles and became a College Football Hall of Famer.

A three-time first-team All-America selection as a running back and a two-time All-American on the track, Drayton was inducted into the Allegheny College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005.

A native of Cleveland, Ohio and a 1993 graduate of Allegheny, Drayton and his wife, Monique, have two daughters, Amari and Anaya.

DRAYTON FILE

Born: March 11, 1971

Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio

Married: Monique

Children: Amari, Anaya

Alma Mater: Allegheny College (1993)

COACHING EXPERIENCE:

2025: Penn State (Running Backs)

2022-2024: Temple (Head Coach)

2017-2021: Texas (Assistant Head Coach/Running Backs/Run Game Coordinator)

2015-2016: Chicago Bears (Running Backs)

2012-2014: Ohio State (Running Backs)

2011: Ohio State (Wide Receivers)

2010: Florida (Running Backs)

2009: Syracuse (Running Backs)

2008: Tennessee (Running Backs)

2005-2007: Florida (Running Backs)

2004: Mississippi State (Running Backs)

2001-2003: Green Bay Packers (Offensive Quality Control/Special Teams)

2000: Bowling Green (Running Backs)

1996-1999: Villanova (Running Backs)

1995: Penn (Running Backs)

1994: Eastern Michigan (Graduate Assistant)

1993: Allegheny (Running Backs)

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Randy Clements

Randy Clements is a 35-year coaching veteran with 23 seasons mentoring the offensive line at the college level. He comes to Columbia after a one-year stint as an assistant offensive line coach at TCU, where he was reunited with Kendal Briles.

Prior to his time at TCU, he logged collegiate stints as the offensive line coach at North Carolina (2023-24), North Texas (2021-22), Ole Miss (2020), Florida State (2019), Houston (2003-07, 2018), Southeastern (2017), Baylor (2008-16) and Stephen F. Austin (1986-87).

In his first year in Chapel Hill, three Tar Heel offensive linemen earned All-ACC honors on a team that averaged 192.1 yards rushing, ranking 19h nationally and 491.2 yards of total offense that ranked seventh in the nation. The following season, two UNC offensive linemen earned All-ACC distinction.

During the 2022 season at North Texas, the Mean Green offensive line paved the way for 201.7 rushing yards per game, ranking 24th nationally. They ranked ninth in both sacks and tackles for loss allowed, while averaging 33.9 points and 453.8 yards per game.

From 2010-2020, Clements was the offensive line coach for nine offenses that ranked in the top 13 nationally, which included three-straight at Baylor from 2013-15.

In 2020, Clements served as the run game coordinator and offensive line coach at Ole Miss. While in Oxford, the Rebels paced the SEC in total offense (555.5 ypg) and broke the conference record for total offense in conference play (562.4 ypg). The Rebels averaged 39.2 points and ran for 210.6 yards per game.

During the 2018 season in Houston, the Cougars averaged 43.9 points, ranking fifth in the nation, and 512.3 yards of total offense, the seventh-highest total in the FBS. Clements unit blocked for 217.1 rushing yards per game, which ranked 24th nationally.

Clements helped elevate the Baylor program to historic heights, including back-to-back Big 12 championships, behind a record-setting offense. While with the Bears, he coached linemen who earned a combined 13 All-Big 12 accolades and six All-America recognitions, including three unanimous selections. He produced the Big 12’s Offensive Lineman of the Year four-straight seasons from 2012-15 and mentored eight NFL Draft picks.

Clements began his coaching career as a student-assistant at his alma mater, Stephen. F. Austin, graduating in 1989. He then spent 12 successful seasons at Stephenville (Texas) High School, where he served as offensive coordinator, offensive line coach and head power lifting coach.

Born Sept. 10, 1966, in Wichita Falls, Texas, Clements and his wife, Polly, have two children, Jordan and Jayson.

CLEMENTS FILE

Born: September 10, 1966

Hometown: Wichita Falls, Texas

Married: Polly

Children: Jordan and Jayson

Alma Mater: Stephen F. Austin (1989)

COACHING EXPERIENCE:

2025: TCU (Assistant Offensive Line)

2023-2024: North Carolina (Offensive Line)

2022: North Texas (Offensive Line)

2021: North Texas (Volunteer)