Coordinators Share Thoughts On Dowell Loggains

With the mud now settling for essentially the most half relating to South Carolina’s 2023 recruiting class, the fanbase’s eyes are actually naturally looking forward to what this workforce might appear like subsequent season. 

There are nonetheless just a few huge dominos that may fall in some way over the approaching weeks, together with quarterback Spencer Rattler and whether or not or not he’ll be suiting up within the garnet and black subsequent season.

The offensive coordinator search performs a job in Rattler’s choice. Dowell Loggains left his alma mater in Arkansas to take the offensive coordinator place in Columbia, which netted him a 3-year deal for a million {dollars} yearly. 

A trait that head coach Shane Beamer was looking for in his new offensive coordinator was the power to work properly with everybody else and, in essence, match the household tradition he is created.

On Thursday afternoon, when speaking to the media in regards to the upcoming Gator Bowl, defensive coordinator Clayton White and particular groups coordinator Pete Lembo had been each requested about Loggains and gave optimistic remarks.

White pointed to how he is identified of Loggains for some time now and believes he’ll slot in properly with the employees.

“We sort of met in the summertime of [2021] and clearly talked to him a bit of throughout the season. I believe he will gel rather well with this employees and with these folks within the constructing. I am trying ahead to [seeing] the issues he can do.”

Lembo referenced conversations he had with mutual mates, together with a dialog he had not lengthy after Loggains was employed. It did not take lengthy for the Arkansas native to make impression on him as a coach and an individual.

“I am unable to let you know how many individuals texted me and referred to as me as soon as they heard we had been hiring him, mutual mates, and folks that spoke so extremely of him as an individual and as a coach. The very subsequent morning, I used to be in right here early, and he got here all the way down to my workplace and sat down, and we talked for nearly an hour and a half about every thing. As I used to be sitting there attending to know him, I simply saved fascinated about what a terrific individual this man is for this group and the way a lot I’ll sit up for attending to know him higher.”

Loggains hasn’t even been on the job for 2 weeks, but it surely appears he matches in fairly properly at South Carolina.

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