South Carolina expected to hire offensive line coach Randy Clements
The next piece of the South Carolina football staff is reportedly in place. Veteran offensive line coach Randy Clements, currently at TCU, will join head coach Shane Beamer’s coaching staff for the 2026 season. CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz was first to report the news.
Clements is currently the assistant offensive line coach for the Horned Frogs and is on the coaching staff with offensive coordinator Kendal Briles, who is reportedly nearing a deal to become the Gamecocks’ next offensive coordinator.
While he’s only an assistant offensive line coach this season, Clements has a long history coaching major programs in college football. Prior to his time at TCU, he was the offensive line coach at North Carolina for two seasons. He also had stints with Houston, Baylor, Florida State and Ole Miss in his coaching career, which began in 1986 at Stephen F. Austin.
From 2010-2020, Clements was the offensive line coach for nine offenses that ranked in the top 13 nationally, which included three straight at Baylor from 2013-15.
In his first year with the Tar Heels, three offensive linemen earned All-ACC honors on a team that put up 192.1 yards rushing, which ranked 19th nationally. The 491.2 yards per game that year ranked seventh nationally. Two offensive linemen earned All-ACC honors in 2024, including first-teamer Willie Lampkin.
Clements will take the spot of former offensive line coach Lonnie Teasley, who was fired on Oct. 12, on the Gamecocks’ coaching staff. Teasley was with the program since the beginning of the Beamer era.
Once Teasley was fired, Shawn Elliott left his tight end coaching role and took over the offensive line. Elliott could return to the tight end coaching role.
The Gamecocks will lose just one scholarship offensive lineman to graduation, but one has already announced his intention to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal. There are a dozen scholarship offensive linemen who have the opportunity to return for the 2026 season.
South Carolina has yet to officially announce the hire of any new coaches this offseason, so Beamer has three spots on his staff to fill. Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Mike Shula along with offensive line coach Lonnie Teasley were both fired during the season.
The Gamecocks are reportedly nearing a deal with TCU offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Kendal Briles for the same position.