COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s board of trustees approved a new contract for South Carolina football coach Shane Beamer on Friday.
Beamer’s new contract will began Jan. 1 and runs through Dec. 31, 2030. His salary increased to $8,150,000 with an additional 100,000 on Jan. 1 of every year.
Prior to Friday, Beamer was one of the lowest-paid coaches in the Southeastern Conference, making an annual salary of $6,401,996 as of October which ranked 14th in the new 16-team SEC, sitting just above Jeff Lebby of Mississippi State and Clark Lea of Vanderbilt.
He was hired Dec. 6, 2020, on a five-year contract with a $2.75 million annual base salary. In January 2023, he signed a contract extension through the end of 2027, which gave him a 122% raise, bumping his annual salary to $6.125 million. That made him the highest-paid coach in program history.
This season the Gamecocks won nine games for the first time since 2017 and had a six-game win streak for the first time in 11 seasons. Beamer finished 5-3 in conference play, his best SEC record yet and South Carolina closed the season 9-4 after a loss to Illinois in the Citrus Bowl. Beamer (29-22 overall) passed former coach Steve Spurrier for most wins in the first four season as head coach.
SEC football coaches’ salaries
Here is where now Beamer stands among SEC coaches with the new raise, according to the USA TODAY Sports database from October.
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Kirby Smart, Georgia: $13,282,580
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Steve Sarkisian, Texas: $10,600,000
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Kalen DeBoer, Alabama: $10,000,000
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Brian Kelly, LSU: $9,975,000
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Mark Stoops, Kentucky: $9,013,600
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Lane Kiffin, Ole Miss: $9,000,000
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Josh Heupel, Tennessee: $9,000,000
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Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri: $9,000,000
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Brent Venables, Oklahoma: $8,152,000
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Shane Beamer, South Carolina: $8,150,000
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Billy Napier, Florida: $7,370,000
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Mike Elko, Texas A&M: $7,000,000
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Hugh Freeze, Auburn: $6,728,100
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Sam Pittman: Arkansas: $6,498,000
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Jeff Lebby, Mississippi State: $4,250,000
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Clark Lea, Vanderbilt: $3,189,744
Lulu Kesin covers South Carolina athletics for The Greenville News and the USA TODAY Network. Email her at lkesin@gannett.com and follow her on X, formerly known as Twitter, @Lulukesin
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