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Reports: Gamecocks to hire former Miami coordinator, well-regarded recruiter

Multiple outlets are reporting South Carolina is shaking up its offensive coaching staff,

Gamecock Central, the Big Spur and FootballScoop reported Tuesday the Gamecocks will add former Miami offensive coordinator Thomas Brown, a longtime friend of Bryan McClendon, as its new running backs coach. The school’s board of trustees will meet Wednesday and an item in executive session of “Proposed Contractual Matters: Athletics Employment Agreements.”

McClendon, who has been on the Gamecocks staff for three seasons and was promoted last year to offensive coordinator, was a teammate of Brown’s on Georgia’s 2005 SEC championship team and coached with McClendon at Georgia in 2015.