FB: South Carolina Preseason Football Information

University of South Carolina 2024 Preseason Football Information

• South Carolina Football student-athletes will officially report for preseason camp on Thursday, August 1. The first scheduled practice is set for Friday, August 2. The team will conduct its practices at either the practice fields (located behind the Long Family Football Facility at the west end of Gamecock Park), in the Jerri and Steve Spurrier Indoor Practice Facility or at Williams-Brice Stadium. Most practices will last approximately two hours. See the attached schedule for practice times. All times are subject to change.

• Media Day is set for Thursday, August 1, from 3-5 pm in the Spurrier Indoor Practice Facility. Media should enter through the main doors on the south end of the facility. Head coach Shane Beamer will hold a press conference from 3-3:30 pm. Coach Beamer will also be available for short one-on-ones with television stations following the formal press conference. If you wish to schedule a one-on-one interview with Coach Beamer, please make that request to Steve Fink so a time slot, which will be limited in length, can be reserved. Assistant coaches will be available from 3:30-4 pm at tables located in the indoor facility. All offensive players will be available from 4-4:30 pm. All defensive players and specialists will be available from 4:30-5 pm.

• Regularly-credentialed media members will be allowed to observe and photograph (still and/or video) a designated number of practice periods on August 2, 3, 9, and 11. See the attached schedule for the specific number of periods allowed. No live streaming will be allowed. Those media members attending the practice sessions should assemble by the gate on the southeast corner of the practice fields between the indoor facility and the operations center and will be escorted in when the flex period begins. Media must remain behind the designated line on the south end of the practice fields at all times, unless instructed differently.

• Post-practice media interviews are scheduled to take place in person in the defensive team/media room, located on the second floor of the Long Family Football Facility. Regularly-credentialed media can park on the north end of the Long Family Football Facility, enter through the media door in the middle of the north end of the facility, and take the elevator to reach the defensive meeting room. All interviews will take place at the podium.

• Student-athlete interview requests must be submitted to Associate AD/Communications Steve Fink by no later than 10 am one day in advance of the scheduled availability. Fink can be reached at 803-240-5268 (cell); 803-777-7987 (office) or finksc@mailbox.sc.edu (email). Only requested and approved student-athletes will be made available. Due to scheduling conflicts or coach’s discretion, we may not be able to accommodate every request. See the attached schedule for media availabilities.

• Coach Beamer will hold his weekly press conference on Tuesdays in the defensive team/media room, located on the second floor of the Long Family Football Facility, from 1-1:30 pm. The first weekly press conference will be held on Tuesday, August 20. In-season player interviews will also be conducted on Tuesdays following the morning practice at the same location. Coordinators will be available on Wednesdays beginning at 12:20 pm. The first scheduled availability is August 21.

• Coach Beamer will conduct a weekly teleconference at 6:15 pm every Sunday during the season, beginning Sunday, September 1.

• The SEC hosts a weekly teleconference each Wednesday beginning August 28. Coach Beamer will be on the call at 12:10 pm ET each week. To participate, contact the SEC Media Relations office at 205-458-3010 for more information.

• Coach Beamer will take part in “Carolina Calls” with Todd Ellis on Thursdays during the season from Backstreets Grill, 2400 Devine. The radio call-in show, which begins on Thursday, Aug. 22, runs from 6-7 pm and airs on the flagship station of the Gamecocks, WNKT-FM (107.5) and across the Palmetto State on the Gamecock Radio Network.

2024 SOUTH CAROLINA FOOTBALL PRESEASON PRACTICE SCHEDULE/MEDIA AVAILABILITY

Note: All practices are closed unless otherwise noted. Times/availability subject to change.

Thursday, August 1 – Players Report/Media Day – Spurrier Indoor Facility
Shane Beamer Press Conference – 3-3:30 pm
Assistant Coaches Media Availability – 3:30-4 pm
Offensive Players Media Availability – 4-4:30 pm
Defensive Players/Specialists Media Availability – 4:30-5 pm
Friday, August 2 – Practice #1 – 9:23 am (Open to media for Periods 1-3)
Saturday, August 3 – Practice #2 – 9:23 am (Open to media for Periods 1-3)

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Sunday, August 4 – Practice #3 – 9:23 am (No media availability)
Monday, August 5 – Players Off Day (No media availability)
Tuesday, August 6 –Practice #4 – 9:18 am (Offensive Players media availability, Noon)
Wednesday, August 7 – Practice #5 – 9:18 am (Defensive Players media availability, 11:45 am)
Thursday, August 8 –Practice #6 – 9:18 am (No media availability)
Friday, August 9 – Practice #7 – 9:18 am (Open to media for Periods 1-4)
Saturday, August 10 – Practice #8 – 11:34 am, Scrimmage at Williams-Brice Stadium (Coach Beamer post-practice media availability in media room at WBS)

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Sunday, August 11 – Practice #9 – 11:18 am (Open to media for Periods 1-6)
Monday, August 12 – Players Off Day (No media availability)
Tuesday, August 13 – Practice #10 – 9:18 am (Offensive players media availability – Noon)
Wednesday, August 14 – Practice #11 – 9:18 am (Defensive players media availability – 11:45 am)
Thursday, August 15 – Practice #12 – 9:18 am (No media availability)
Friday, August 16 – Practice #13 – 7:38 pm (No media availability)
Saturday, August 17 – Practice #14 – 2:54 pm, Scrimmage at Williams-Brice Stadium (Coach Beamer post-practice media availability in media room at WBS)

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Sunday, August 18 – No Practice (No media availability)
Monday, August 19 – Players Off Day (No media availability)
Tuesday, August 20 – Practice #15 – 10 am (Players media availability – Noon; Coach Beamer press conference – 1 pm)
Wednesday, August 21 – Practice #16 – 9:52 am (Offensive/Defensive Coordinators press conference – 12:20 pm)
Thursday, August 22 – Practice #17 – 10:15 am (No media availability; Coach Beamer at Carolina Calls from Backstreets Grill, 6 pm)
Friday, August 23 – Practice #18 – 4 pm (No media availability)
Saturday, August 24 – Players Off Day (No media availability)

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Sunday, August 25 – Practice #19 – 5:45 pm (No media availability)
Monday, August 26 – Players Off Day (No media availability)
Tuesday, August 27 – Practice #20 – 10 am (Players media availability – Noon; Coach Beamer press conference – 1 pm)
Wednesday, August 28 – Practice #21 – 9:45 am (Coach Beamer on SEC teleconference, 12:10 pm; Offensive/Defensive Coordinators press conference – 12:20 pm)
Thursday, August 29 – Practice #22 – 10:05 am (Coach Beamer at Carolina Calls from Backstreets Grill, 6 pm)
Friday, August 30 – Practice #23 – 3:30 pm (No media availability)
Saturday, August 31 – South Carolina vs. Old Dominion, 4:15 pm, Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, S.C.; SEC Network

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Sunday, September 1 – Coach Beamer teleconference, 6:15 pm