Legendary college football coach Lou Holtz told ABC Columbia Thursday he tested positive for COVID-19.
Gamecock junior guard AJ Lawson was named to the First Team, and sophomore guard Jermaine Couisnard earned Second-Team honors, as the SEC released its 17th annual coaches preseason All-SEC teams on Thursday. It marks the first preseason honor of Couisnard’s career from the coaches, while Lawson collected the same accolade last season.
Officials from the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation and Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl released the midseason watch list for the 2020 Dodd Trophy. The list includes 19 of the nation’s top college football coaches representing six conferences.
South Carolina head women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley announced that Saniya Rivers (pronounced suh-NYE-uh) has signed a National Letter of Intent to attend the University and play for the Gamecocks.
Coastal Carolina football coach Jamey Chadwell responded to rumors Wednesday that he’s being considered for the head coaching job at South Carolina, just three days after the firing of former coach Will Muschamp.
A rough 48-hour stretch for the Gamecocks continues to get worse.
He was named the Male Gamecock Leadership Award winner at the school’s 2020 all-sports gala, and the former walk-on puts in extensive hours each year in volunteer work.
Less than 24 hours after Jaycee Horn announced he would forgo the rest of the season and prepare for the NFL Draft, his counterpart in the Gamecock secondary made a similar announcement.
He’s projected to go as early as the first round in next year’s NFL Draft.
South Carolina fired football coach Will Muschamp on Sunday, the second time he’s been let go from a Southeastern Conference program in midseason.
