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South Carolina Gamecocks football coach Shane Beamer was reeling after his team’s loss to the Florida Gators at Williams-Brice Stadium after blowing a 10-point lead in the final minutes.
Beamer allowed his frustrations to boil over and he’s now dealing with the consequences.
When speaking to the media this week, Beamer revealed that he suffered a meltdown of his own and broke a bone in his foot after he kicked something in the aftermath of the game.
"I was frustrated and kicked something that I shouldn't of kicked… There is a broken bone in my foot… It's been one of those years."#Gamecock HC Shane Beamer shared with us today that he broke his foot after a ''gut-wrenching, emotional'' loss to the #Gators Saturday.… pic.twitter.com/QRhjpqM1cI
— Chaz R Frazier (@Chazf_tv) October 17, 2023
“I broke my foot on Saturday, so I’d rather just get it out there and say it. And not have y’all speculating and then after the game on Saturday at Missouri you ask,” Beamer said, via On3.com. “I called coach [Ray] Tanner, told him, made sure he was OK with it and he died laughing when I told him. So I guess there’s not a lot of empathy from him. It was after the game, and certainly that was a gut-wrenching, emotional loss, and I was frustrated and kicked something that I shouldn’t have kicked.
“I thought I was OK, but the adrenaline of the game wore off, and before anybody starts the narrative like, ‘The head football coach is frustrated and lost his poise,’ and all that. No, I care. I care about these kids, and I was really upset on Saturday night because I didn’t do enough to help them get over the hump and win the football game.”
Beamer also cracked jokes about the injury and why he won’t be taking any painkillers.
He also doesn’t plan on undergoing surgery.
“Don’t think I’m going to have to have surgery, but there is a broken bone in my foot. It hurts like you know what,” Beamer said. “I’ve gotta show toughness and fight through it.
“The problem with not being on any kind of pain medication… we’ll be like faking punts from the 2-yard line on fourth and 30 because I’ll be loopy if I’m on pain medicine. So we’ve gotta make sure that I fight through with no pain medicine and I’m focused and can make calls. But nah, I’m good. We’ve got a great medical team here. Like I told the players, don’t condone it. Not saying that it’s OK to kick things after a game. Feel bad as a dad. My kids saw me and they were like, ‘What the heck?’ So lesson learned. Stupid on my part.”
Up next for the Gamecocks is a trip to No. 20 Missouri on Saturday, October 21.
