Football . December 11, 2025

Beamer Names Kendal Briles Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach

University of South Carolina head football coach Shane Beamer has named Kendal Briles as the Gamecocks’ offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach, it was officially announced today.

Briles comes to Columbia after spending the past three seasons (2023-25) as the associate head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterback coach at TCU. During his tenure in Fort Worth, the Horned Frogs were consistently ranked among the national leaders in several offensive categories. TCU finished 40th, 25th and 43rd nationally in scoring offense under Briles and never had a season averaging under 30 points. In addition, they were 11th, 31st and 30th in total offense during those three seasons. The Frogs produced back-to-back 1,000-yard receivers in 2024 and ’25, while quarterback Josh Hoover set the school’s single-season passing record under Briles in 2024.

Briles came to TCU after serving the previous three seasons (2020-22) in a similar role at Arkansas. Briles made an immediate impact upon his arrival in Fayetteville. He inherited an offense that averaged just 21.4 points and 340.1 yards per game the previous year and led the Razorbacks to an improvement of more than 50 yards per game with an average of 391.5 per contest. The following season, Arkansas posted its best offensive numbers in five seasons with averages of 30.9 points and 441.7 yards per game. Arkansas led all Power 5 teams and ranked seventh in the FBS with 227.8 rushing yards per game in 2021, the most since the Razorbacks set a school record in 2007. The Hogs eclipsed 300 yards rushing three times, including a season-best 353 in the Outback Bowl win over Penn State.

Prior to his time in Fayetteville, Briles was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Florida State, Houston, FAU and Baylor. At each of his stops, his units were ranked among the nation’s leaders in offense as well as showing dramatic improvement from the year prior to his arrival.

At Florida State in 2019, Briles took over a unit that averaged just 21.9 points and 361.2 yards per game and engineered a Seminole offense that averaged 29.1 points and 403.2 yards per game. FSU’s running game went from one of the worst in the FBS at 91.1 yards per game in 2018 to 133.8 in 2019.

Briles was behind one of the most explosive offenses in the nation in 2018 at Houston. The Cougars ranked seventh in total offense (512.5 yards) and fifth in scoring (43.9). Houston was one of just three teams to place in the top-25 nationally in passing and rushing, averaging 295.5 yards in the air and 216.8 on the ground. The Cougars scored at least 30 points in 12 games and led the NCAA with at least 40 points in 10 contests.

Briles directed the offense at FAU in 2017, helping the Owls to top-10 rankings in rushing (6th-285.3), scoring (8th-40.6) and total offense (9th-498.4). Briles was instrumental in FAU winning its first Conference USA championship and added a victory in the Boca Raton Bowl. Devin Singletary became FAU’s first Associated Press All-American as he led the nation with 32 rushing touchdowns, en route to being a third-round pick by the Chicago Bears.

The first nine years of Briles’ coaching career were spent at Baylor University. His first game as the play caller was the 2015 Cotton Bowl, when the Bears set an NCAA bowl record with 601 passing yards against Michigan State. He served in numerous roles at Baylor, including inside receivers coach, passing game coordinator and recruiting coordinator before taking over as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach his final two seasons in Waco. His recruiting efforts were recognized in 2013 and 2014 as the Big 12’s Recruiter of the Year.

In 2015, Briles led Baylor’s offense to historic numbers while being tabbed a Broyles Award finalist. The Bears topped the nation at 48.1 points per game and 616.2 yards of total offense, the third-best mark in NCAA history. Behind an NCAA bowl record 645 rushing yards and a bowl mark 756 in total offense, Baylor closed the season with a win over No. 10 North Carolina in the Russell Athletic Bowl. Briles’ 2016 unit led the Big 12 in rushing with 241.2 yards per game. Baylor’s 2013 offense, when he was passing game coordinator, produced the second-highest total offense season average in NCAA history at 618.8 yards per game.

During his seven years as the Bears’ wide receivers coach, Briles tutored four All-Americans and five eventual NFL receivers.

An outstanding high school quarterback, Briles earned Texas 4A Offensive Player of the Year and all-state honors in each of his final two seasons at Stephenville and Frenship high schools after generating 9,322 yards of total offense and accounting for 98 touchdowns. He began his collegiate playing career at the University of Texas. After redshirting in 2001, he played seven games at safety and intercepted two passes in 2002. He transferred to Houston and moved to wide receiver, catching 70 passes for 680 yards and a touchdown. He earned his bachelor’s degree in sport management from Houston in 2005 and was inducted into the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame in 2014.

Born Nov. 10, 1982, in Abilene, Texas, Briles and his wife, Sarah, have three children: sons Jaytn and Kru, and daughter Kinley.

BRILES FILE

Born: November 10, 1982

Hometown: Abilene, Texas

Married: Sarah

Children: Jaytn, Kru, Kinley

Alma Mater: Houston (2005)

PLAYING EXPERIENCE:

2001-02: Texas

2003-05: Houston

COACHING EXPERIENCE:

2023-2025: TCU (Associate Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks)