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August 26, 2025 • 12 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Kelly Nash, Welcome back on the phone. It's that time
of the year. I'm very excited. Hey, Coach Shane Biember,
Good morning.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
Sir, Good morning, Good morning. How are you guys?

Speaker 1 (00:08):
Ain'tious? Excited? Anticipating like a kid at Christmas? Kind of
like you, I guess and your coaches.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
Yep, totally like the coaches, and that's how we feel
right now. But eager to get going and I can't
wait to kick things off.

Speaker 3 (00:19):
Coach Biember, you're going to have your kickoff game. I
don't recall. Maybe there was one game maybe because of
a hurricane or something, that we played on a Sunday,
but it's very unusual to see Gamecock football on a
Sunday afternoon. You're going to be in the Mercedes Benz
Stadium and it appears sold out. I mean when I'm
trying to buy tickets right now, it's all verified resale tickets.

(00:41):
This is massive that you guys have done this.

Speaker 2 (00:43):
Yeah, credit to our fans, and I hope that ends
up being the case. That would be awesome. Yeah, you're right.
That Sunday game. I was actually a part of that
was when Georgia played South Carolina and it got moved
to a Sunday because of the hurricane back in twenty sixteen.
I was a member of the Georgia coaching staff on
Saturday games outside of I guess we used to play
some Thursday games back when I was here, But Sunday

(01:05):
games are certainly rare, but excited. Only game one that
Sunday during that time slot, so all eyes will be
on us. Great opportunity to showcase Gamecock football and showcase
are amazing, Sam base as well.

Speaker 1 (01:19):
This will be historic Sunday kickoff and what everyone's anticipating
and hoping will be a historic football season for the
University of South Carolina. You got a brand new Nike
deal that the university announced. I know you have previous
association with different teams with Nike. I thought it was
funny that one of the first questions I got from
someone who is also a Gamecock fan was is this

(01:39):
going to help us with recruiting? My thoughts exactly, Okay.

Speaker 2 (01:42):
I think so. The first of all, obviously, we had
a great partnership with under Armour going back. I mean
we were wearing under Armour when I was an assistant
coach here back in two thousand and seven. So got
a great partnership with them, and thankful for all you
know they've done for Gamecock Athletics, but exciting to be
partnered up with Nike. Certainly, the initial responses from recruits

(02:03):
specifically has been over the top. I mean they were
contacting us about it before we were contacting them. So
there's a lot of excitement and great respect for how
they do things and looking forward to that partnership going forward.

Speaker 3 (02:17):
Now, Coach Beember's on the phone with us. As you
get ready for this big game to kick it off,
you know a lot of teams like to start with cupcakes.
You know, you don't have a cupcake here and Virginia
Tech any mixed emotions? I mean, you are your family
is so closely tied to Virginia Tech to look across
the sidelines and see, oh my gosh, I'm going against

(02:37):
those guys. Any any or is it just like no,
it's football.

Speaker 2 (02:41):
It's football, and it'll really be football once the game
kicks off. I mean that'll be my priority is the
players and coaches on our staff and me doing the
best job I can for them. But certainly, as you're
getting ready for it, especially because it's been so much
build up all year because it's the first game, but
there's good up going to it, and there's some nostalgia
in you're watching tape for Virginia Tech on the computer

(03:01):
getting ready to play them, and you see different stadiums
they're in, or you see people on the sidelines that
you recognize, and its memories. But I'm gamecock, dow and
through and just really excited about the opportunity to go
against the good Virginia Tech team. But my priority is
getting our football team ready to play their very best.

Speaker 1 (03:18):
You're ready for that game, in particular, both sides of
the field will be laying claim to a little beamber ball.
Talk to me about special teams. Are you really excited
about it this year? Do you have anything in particular
you're excited to see play out?

Speaker 2 (03:29):
From our standpoint, just decided to see all our new
faces out there. I mean, we lost everyone, punter, kicker, snapper, holder,
kickoff returner, pump returner. They're all going to be new starters,
which is exciting and why you coaches to be able
to develop the next group of guys. So they're talented
guys and we definitely want to be impactful in the

(03:49):
kicking game as we have been and be even more
so this year than what we were last year.

Speaker 3 (03:53):
I was watching I think every game Cock fan was
watching the any given Saturday, the SEC show basically on Netflix,
and I don't did they have like a special filter
just for you, because you come across as the most
likable person by a mile. And that's not no slight
to like, you know, Coach Kelly or any of the

(04:14):
other coaches they're in there, but gosh, you just seem
I mean, this has got to be the best recruiting
cool tool we've ever had.

Speaker 2 (04:21):
I appreciate you saying that the feedback from recruits has
been really powerful. What we've heard from them. Just being
on Netflix to begin with was a win in so
many recruits eyes. We had recruits textas saying, I can't
believe you guys are on Netflix. We even had an
episode that they saw, but then after seeing it, I

(04:42):
think parents and high school recruits have really been impressed
by this program.

Speaker 1 (04:47):
And that's all.

Speaker 2 (04:48):
We were so willing to do that, And I appreciate
you saying that about me. But all we did, all
I did, all our people in our program did when
we were Spotlight, it was just be us, and we're
not one way when the cameras are on and then
trying to be somebody different when the cameras are off.
We are who we are, and our players would tell
you that that anything they saw on camera during that
Netflix series, that's who we are. No one would say, well,

(05:12):
that's an act. You know he's doing that because the
cameras are all. This is who we are players and coaches.
That genuine this, I think rubs off on people and
attracts people.

Speaker 1 (05:20):
You know, you are part of an elite class of
persons just given the overall population of the earth. You
are a coach in the sec Now a lot of
people may have been coaches, and maybe they understand this
a little more. I don't have any perspective of what
I'm saying is even in context a correct question to ask.
But as we mentioned a minute ago with the Nike deal,
of the first question is how does this effect recruiting

(05:40):
it There's a lot of things that are always out
in the future. Do you ever find it hard to
just live in the moment. You've already put into hard
work ready for the first kickoff, You're ready for this season.
We get recruits coming in all the time, there's always
something to distract you and looking into the future and
planning for something else. Do you find it hard just
to live in the great football moment, even while maybe

(06:01):
you're standing on the sidelines of a game.

Speaker 2 (06:03):
It's a challenge, but I think for me to be
able to do my job at the level it needs
to be done, I have to stay in the moment.
You know, certainly you're planning and you're trying to stay
one step ahead, don't get me wrong, but it is
a challenge though, because when you start looking at okay,
you know this is coming down the road and you're
gonna have to deal with this. It can be intimidating

(06:25):
certainly at times. And that's what you've got to really
do a great job of is just every coach talks
about it, but just be in process oriented. And there's
the old expression and saying that be where your feed are,
and you know, I believe that that moment, whatever I'm doing,
that's the most important thing. And it's a challenge when
you have so many things to come across your desk,
people that want to meet with you, people that you

(06:46):
know want to discuss things. To be in the middle
of one of those conversations, but you're not really there
mentally because you're thinking about what else you have to do.
You know, if I'm doing that, I'm not doing the
best to serve the people around me. So I've really
got to do a great job of staying in the moment.

Speaker 3 (07:00):
All of Colombia is excited about Gamecock football, where they
sold out the season tickets. That's incredible and I loved
on that show. You've joked with us in the past
about how your family puts extra pressure on you, as
if the Gamecock fan base doesn't put enough pressure on you,
your family ramps it up. But in this show you

(07:20):
showed where now they're actually threatening you when they leave
messages on the window.

Speaker 2 (07:27):
Yeah, now they do. That hasn't changed. They can be supportive,
but they're also very threatening about what they expect to
get done as well. They've they've been on me about
this Virginia Tech game since like March. I'll come home
from work in March in April and the first question
to be did you work on Virginia Tech today? I'm like, no,
we're in the middle of the spring practice. I'll get it.

(07:48):
Going back to your question about saying in the moment
right great practice is important right now, but now they do.
They keep me on my toes and are very demanding
for what they expect from the head of Blacko Tack
South Camp.

Speaker 1 (08:00):
You know, in the state of South Carolina, we pride
ourselves on our pride. And maybe that's not unusual, well
given that you've worked with different football programs before, but
the game cognation seems to be always clamoring for any
little more so they can get between kickoffs on Saturday
this Saturday, like today, you do the uniform video announcement
for instance, I mean especially now with the brand new

(08:20):
swish on the side, and I though you've got a
whole department of does your video stuff, But we were
excited about the new uniforms for this year.

Speaker 2 (08:29):
We are, you know, so much of that stuff has
done a year or two in advance, so I'll be
honest with us, you'll have a hard time keeping up
with what's new what's not new. But this year we'll
still be an under armour and they've certainly done a
great job designing things and having new new products for
twenty twenty five and then starting in twenty six, it'll
be a different brand obviously with Nike, and they'll do

(08:49):
an amazing job also, so we'll be well outfitted this
season and beyond for sure.

Speaker 3 (08:54):
You know when I saw you at a concert a
couple of months ago and we were talking about how
you often you'll hear us play The Space Odyssey two
thousand and one when you're just getting your day started,
and when I was, I don't know if you were
actually listened to Jonathan Rush back on the WNOK days
when we used to talk about, you know, coach Spurrier,

(09:19):
and he would do this thing about he rises before
dawn in a tattered game Cock sweatshirt and he hits
the pavement jogging. When I was watching the show, You're
out there jogging at like five point thirty in the morning,
it seems, And can we get you in a light
colored outfit? It seemed as if every time you were
jogging it was all a black and I'm very nervous

(09:40):
for you.

Speaker 2 (09:41):
Yeah, you got a point, well a couple of things.
Full disclosure. That was the morning of the LSU game
in that Netflix episode, and that's kind of like this
something on game day, I like to get up and
just go for a run. I'm not a huge runner.
I work out every day, but I don't run every day.
But I got up that morning like I'll always do
on game days, and Netflix people said, you mind if

(10:01):
we follow you, and I'm like, I guess I'm going
to be breathing heavy and all that, but you're more
than welcome to video of me running. But they use
that scene in every episode that makes it look like
I'm some marathon runner popping out twenty miles a week.

Speaker 1 (10:15):
And literally I run.

Speaker 2 (10:16):
If there's let me see, if there's twelve guaranteed football games,
I'll probably run like fifteen times a year. And that
somehow that made it into literally every episode. But you're
right looking at it, and I'm like, you know what
saying that is pretty early in the morning because at
LSU game was at twelve, so I'll always do it
right before our first meeting or meal with the football team.
So I had to get up extra early that day.

(10:36):
So that's why it's in the dark like that. And
I am around some roads and in some neighborhoods, but
I'll probably need some better I was driving in early
this morning and same thing. I saw some people out
running and I was thinking to myself, man, they need
something where I can see them better because it is dark.
But I'd be I'm a hypocrite by saying that because
I was doing the same thing in that coach.

Speaker 3 (10:55):
I know we got to let you go. I'll be
trolling X trying to find out where the good luck
breakfast spot is for this year.

Speaker 2 (11:03):
Maybe it'll be just well, I'll be honest with you,
it'll be waffle House.

Speaker 3 (11:07):
Okay, we're back to waffle House.

Speaker 1 (11:09):
All right.

Speaker 2 (11:09):
I went back to waffle House, So I'm feel bad.
My daughter said something in episode going about waffle House.
That's only because the previous season we didn't have a
great year record wise, so we we didn't get to
waffle House as many times as we could, And then
we went to waffle House. Everything kind of rotates back
on and off for people that didn't watch the show.
I take my kids to breakfast on Friday mornings because

(11:30):
that's like the only morning I see them where I'm
at home when they wake up. Usually I'm gone, so
Friday mornings to go to breakfast. As long as we're winning,
we go to that restaurant. If we lose, we go
somewhere else. Well, we went to waffle House. The morning
before the Oklahoma game. And then obviously we won the
Oklahoma game and we didn't lose again the rest of

(11:51):
the season. So we're back at waffle House, and just
to any game tax fan listening, I'm sorry we lost
the Bowl game because we did not go to waffle
House down in Orlando before the game as well, so
that's why we detail short in that Bowl game. But
we are back on waffle House next week before the
Virginia Tech game the morning before the game, and then

(12:12):
hopefully we'll be at waffle House through January.

Speaker 1 (12:15):
That's right. We're gonna make sure waffle House gets a
food trot that can follow the game Cox nationwide. We'll
make sure that you get your meal, sir.

Speaker 3 (12:22):
Clearly all right, Well, Coach Beemer, we certainly appreciate your time,
looking forward to a huge season.

Speaker 2 (12:28):
Let's go Cox, yees, go game. Cox. Appreciate you guys,
y'all are awesome and look forward to being on with you.

Speaker 1 (12:33):
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