South Carolina Gamecocks Top 3 Football Coaches

The University of South Carolina has seen at least fourteen head football coaches since it fielded its very first football team on Christmas Eve of 1892. Before 1928 is a bit shrouded in mystery. The team had no coach in some years, and in others they were coached by the Board of Trustees itself. Here, we examine the top three South Carolina football coaches of the school’s 123 years of gridiron. These coaches are not based on wins alone, but how they brought tradition to a team that lacked it for over half a century. Bronze Medal: Lou Holtz Coach Brad Scott lead the Gamecocks to a win on the road versus LSU and their first bowl win in school history, all in the same 1994 season. However, wins steadily declined after this until the Gamecocks lost all but the season opener in the 1998 season. Coach Scott was fired following this season, and former Notre Dame head coach Lou Holtz came out of retirement to coach the desperate team. The roster in 1999 was in such horrible shape, however, that the Gamecocks won not a single game. In 2000, however, the Gamecocks made the third-best turnaround of all-time in college football by going 8-4 with a win over the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Outback Bowl. The following season, the Gamecocks posted a 9-3 record…

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