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South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley talks to football team
Dawn Staley is a national champion again. Now, the South Carolina women’s basketball coach is looking to spread to that around the campus for the Gamecocks.
Staley spoke to the South Carolina football program at a practice Saturday, a week ahead of the Garnet & Black Spring Game at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 20. Staley received a strong endorsement and introduction from football coach Shane Beamer, who is entering his fourth year in charge.
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“I don’t even have to introduce this special guest, ya’ll get your butts up for Dawn Staley,” Beamer said, introducing Staley. “We talk about you a lot Coach Staley, your team and the respect we have. Every single game, you got everyone’s best shot and every single week ya’ll responded. We talked about the process that you had to go through and it doesn’t just happen.”
What Dawn Staley said to South Carolina football players
Following the introduction, Staley talked about how she follows the football program and enjoys watching games from Williams-Brice Stadium or in front of her television every week during football season.
“This is the best place to be on Saturdays,” Staley said. “If I’m not here, I’m in front of my television pouring into ya’ll all the positive Gamecock vibes. I know you have a tough schedule, so what? Somebody’s got to play it.
Staley reminded the players that what they do at practices sets the stage for what the team can do during games. The Gamecocks have gone 20-18 in the first three seasons under Beamer, including a 6-7 record last season.
“The process is every day you have to be great at the little things. They’re boring. They’re boring as hell,” Staley said. “It’s boring to do something over and over and over and perfect it. You need to do that until it’s a habit. So in a game, when it’s time to make a great play, you’re gonna be able to make a great play because the great plays are here and here. The meat and potatoes is what happens in between the great plays and when you’re good at the in between, you’ll be a great team.”
Mutual respect between Shane Beamer and Dawn Staley
Beamer was hired as the South Carolina coach, the 36th head coach in program history, on Dec. 6, 2020. Before his return, he worked as an assistant coach for the Gamecocks from 2007 to 2010. He went on to be on the staffs of Virginia Tech, Georgia, and Oklahoma before his return.
Staley has been the coach for the Gamecocks since 2008, winning three championships during her tenure. Both coaches hold a strong, mutual respect for one another. Beamer has been a regular as South Carolina women’s basketball practices.
“Just want to say, coach, was coming to our practices, even before we were winning championships during his time,” Staley said of Beamer. “I’ve never had a football coach want to come to our practices. … So he saw the good, the bad, the ugly, but he also knows what it takes to be the very best. It is a process every day.”
Beamer made the trip to Cleveland for the national championship game to watch the Gamecocks win it all. He said he’s using that as motivation to move over to football.
“I talked about being up in Cleveland with you guys last Sunday and watching the postgame celebration, envisioning what that’s going to be like for football when we do that,” Beamer said. “But then also making sure they understand that when you took over your program, it was not what it is right now. The work that went into it. So I, we have so much respect for you. I’m blessed to call you a colleague and super excited that Coach Staley is out here with us today.
“Ya’ll better be at that championship parade downtown tomorrow, as well.”
New details have emerged in an officer-involved shooting that left one dead and a deputy injured in Anderson County on Monday.
A deputy with the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) initiated a traffic stop outside of Townville, SC, on I-85 Northbound near Mile Marker 11 for a traffic violation, according to a release from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED).
The deputy requested back-up and spoke to 32-year-old Austin Derrell Robertson, of Pennsylvania, in his patrol vehicle. Once the other deputy arrived, Robertson got out of the vehicle and “a physical altercation involving him and the two deputies” occured, according to SLED.
SC deputy critically injured after shooting during traffic stop, suspect killed
While deputies attempted to tase Robertson, officials said he grabbed a firearm from his vehicle and shot one of the deputies.
Both deputies then shot back at Roberston, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
SLED said the deputy was airlifted to the hospital and remains there for treatment at this time.
The incident remains under investigation by SLED, as requested by the ACSO.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – Former South Carolina Lt. Gov. André Bauer has been nominated for a position in foreign diplomacy.
The White House on Tuesday listed Bauer as a nominee to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Belize, a Central American country bordering Guatemala.
It’s unclear when a confirmation hearing will take place. WIS has reached out to the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee for more information.
Bauer was South Carolina’s lieutenant governor from 2003-2011, serving under then-Gov. Mark Sanford. Before that, he served terms in the South Carolina House of Representatives and the South Carolina Senate.
More recently, Bauer entered the race for U.S. Senate in July 2025, looking to unseat Sen. Lindsey Graham in the Republican primary. He ended his campaign the following month.
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Six Republican candidates vying to become South Carolina’s next governor met in downtown Charleston for a wide-ranging debate that put abortion, infrastructure and the future of data centers at the center of the race.
The forum was held at the Sottile Theatre, where Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, state Sen. Josh Kimbrell, U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman, Lowcountry businessman Rom Reddy and Attorney General Alan Wilson took the stage.
Questions included whether they would support a state hate crime law, how they would address concerns about growth and infrastructure, how to navigate collaboration, abortion and the future of data centers in the state.
One issue that drew near-unanimous opposition was state Senate Bill 1095, a proposed total abortion ban that passed out of committee earlier in the day. All of the candidates opposed the bill, but they differed on what they would do if it reached the governor’s desk.
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Norman said he would sign it.
“You know, this is an emotional issue, but I will tell you if this bill came to my desk as governor. If it passed the House and the Senate, I would sign it,” Norman said.
All of the other candidates on stage said they would veto the bill if it came across their desk as governor, with Reddy arguing the question should be decided by voters.
“The Supreme Court did not say the loudest voice in the ruling class prevails. It said it’s up to the people in the state, so let’s put it to a referendum,” Reddy said.
On infrastructure, candidates discussed reforming the South Carolina Department of Transportation and allowing private-sector involvement to help pay for improvements.
Wilson outlined ideas that included leasing interstate easements and expanding private express lanes.
“We privatized that grass between the interstates. We turn it into private express lanes that can be told we leased the easements on the sides of interstates to telecommunication companies and energy companies, and charge them for natural gas line and fiber optic fiber optic cables,” Wilson said.
Evette also pointed to public-private partnerships and the possibility of fast-pass lanes.
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“We want to make sure that we’re innovative public private partnerships coming in and creating fast pass lanes to allow people that are in a hurry to be able to utilize that,” Evette said.
The final question focused on data centers, with candidates agreeing corporations should “pay their way.”
“They should pay for their water. They should pay for their infrastructure, any roads around it, and we should look at what Governor Ron DeSantis has done in Florida with the large data centers that are coming to Florida. That should be the model in South Carolina and everywhere,” Mace said.
Kimbrell said the state should set limits to protect natural resources and guard against higher power costs for residents.
“Put parameters around data centers to ensure that the water consumption does not impact places like the ACE Basin,” Kimbrell said. “Ensuring that the Public Service Commission makes absolutely sure nobody’s power rate goes up and we try to get behind the meter energy grids in place so they can be self-sufficient.”
Two more debates are planned ahead of the primaries on June 9.
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