COLUMBIA, S.C. — A familiar face is coming back to South Carolina and will join Shane Beamer’s staff.
According to Matt Zenitz of 247 Sports, Shawn Elliott is resigning as the head coach of Georgia State and will be named South Carolina’s tight ends coach.
A Camden native and former offensive line coach under Steve Spurrier, Elliott served as interim head coach in 2015 and stayed on for the first year of the Will Muschamp tenure before taking over the program at Georgia State.
Elliott has compiled a 41-44 record in seven seasons in Atlanta, with four bowl victories for the Panthers.
In December, Elliott led the Panthers to a win in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, which capped off a 7-6 season for the 2023 season.
Elliott replaces Justin Stepp, who had been moved from wide receivers coach to tight ends coach but departed for Illinois last week to become the wide receivers coach for that program.
Elliott came to South Carolina in 2010 and was the offensive line coach and run game coordinator through the 2015 season, marked by Spurrier’s mid-season resignation and Elliott’s promotion to interim head coach.