Beamer calls S.C. 'dream job' amid Hokies chatter

South Carolina shot manager Shane Beamer pushed backmost Sunday astir being rumored arsenic a campaigner for Virginia Tech's coaching vacancy, saying he's successful his "dream job" with the Gamecocks.

Beamer spoke with the South Carolina squad astir a media study that suggested helium could instrumentality to Virginia Tech, wherever his begetter Frank was a Hall of Fame manager from 1987 to 2015, and wherever Shane played and coached.

South Carolina, which entered this play No. 13 successful the AP Poll and had College Football Playoff aspirations, is 3-4 pursuing Saturday's 26-7 location nonaccomplishment to No. 14 Oklahoma.

"I americium moving my rear extremity disconnected to get america backmost to wherever we're successful that premix and playoff talk," Beamer said. "And that's the aforesaid happening I told our shot squad today, that I conjecture the gist of that nonfiction was that would beryllium a parachute oregon thing for maine to get retired of present and person a brushed landing spot. Well, I'm not blessed with wherever we are close now, and I'm determined to get it fixed."

Beamer, 48, is 32-26 astatine South Carolina, which gave him his archetypal head-coaching opportunity. He had AP Top 25 finishes successful 2022 and 2024.

Beamer played agelong snapper and wide receiver astatine Virginia Tech from 1995 to 1999, portion Frank coached there. He besides served arsenic a Hokies adjunct nether Frank Beamer from 2011 to 2015, aft 4 years arsenic a South Carolina assistant.

Virginia Tech is looking for a manager aft firing Brent Pry connected Sept. 14. In January, Beamer received a caller declaration with South Carolina that runs done the 2030 season.

"I've conveyed galore times however overmuch I privation to beryllium here," Beamer said. "This is my imagination job. I said that erstwhile I came here. Nothing has changed. I americium pissed disconnected astatine the mode we are performing close now, and it's not acceptable."

The Gamecocks big No. 4 Alabama this week.