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Beamer Break: South Carolina football coach injures his foot in a frustrated, postgame kick
Read full article: Beamer Break: South Carolina football coach injures his foot in a frustrated, postgame kickAdd coach Shane Beamer to South Carolina's injury list with a broken bone in his right foot following his team's 41-39 loss to Florida.
The Latest: Sabres coaches placed in NHL COVID protocol
Read full article: The Latest: Sabres coaches placed in NHL COVID protocol(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:___Buffalo Sabres interim coach Don Granato and assistant Matt Ellis have been placed in the NHLโs COVID-19 protocol. The development leaves general manager Kevyn Adams taking over behind the bench for Buffaloโs game at Pittsburgh on Thursday night. This marks the second time the Sabres have been hit by COVID-19 in two months. Buffaloโs season was paused for two weeks in early February after nine players and then-coach Ralph Krueger were placed in the protocol. The university said the team went through seven rounds of testing in the seven days leading up to its departure for Albany on Wednesday.
The Latest: Wake Forest's Tariq Ingraham out for season
Read full article: The Latest: Wake Forest's Tariq Ingraham out for seasonThe Demon Deacons havenโt played since Nov. 27 after pausing team activities due to novel coronavirus issues. ___South Carolinaโs 2-8 football team wonโt be going to a bowl game after pausing team activities due to the novel coronavirus. Tanner said the combination of positive COVID-19 tests plus necessary contact tracing made it impossible to compete. In all, 16,222 COVID-19 tests were administered over a seven-day period ending last Saturday to 2,391 players, and 25,279 tests were administered to 4,536 personnel. South Carolinaโs next scheduled game is at Kentucky on Dec. 29.
South Carolina names Oklahomaโs Beamer its football coach
Read full article: South Carolina names Oklahomaโs Beamer its football coachCOLUMBIA, S.C. โ South Carolina has made it official, hiring ex-assistant Shane Beamer as its head football coach. The son of longtime Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer takes over for Will Muschamp, who was fired last month with three games left in the season. Beamer spent four seasons as a South Carolina assistant under Steve Spurrier from 2007-10. Beamer also worked for his father at Virginia Tech, Kirby Smart at Georgia and, for the past three seasons, Lincoln Riley at Oklahoma. With the Sooners, Beamer worked with teams that have made the past three College Football Playoffs.
South Carolina fires football coach Will Muschamp
Read full article: South Carolina fires football coach Will MuschampCOLUMBIA, S.C. โ South Carolina fired football coach Will Muschamp on Sunday, the second time he's been let go from a Southeastern Conference program in midseason. The school said in a release that Muschamp has been โrelievedโ of his duties with the football program. โThere is no doubt about that.โTanner said he did a thorough assessment of the football program and decided it was time for a change. At South Carolina, Muschamp became the first coach to reach bowl games in his first three seasons and went 9-4 in his second season. South Carolina pulled off a stunning 20-17 overtime victory at then-third-ranked Georgia in 2019.
The Latest: Three South Carolina coaches taking salary cuts
Read full article: The Latest: Three South Carolina coaches taking salary cutsThe Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:___South Carolinas highest paid head coaches are taking 10% salary cuts amid the coronavirus pandemic. Football coach Will Muschamp, mens basketball coach Frank Martin and womens basketball coach Dawn Staley are taking the cuts. Football coach Chris Creighton, mens basketball coach Rob Murphy, and womens basketball coach Fred Castro will be affected by the 7% cuts. ___The German basketball league plans to finish its season next month in a closed three-week tournament. The Premier League season was suspended in March with United fifth in the standings.