Sources – Gamecocks hiring TCU’s Kendal Briles as OC

South Carolina Finalizing a deal to rent TCUKendall Briles is the school’s new offensive coordinator, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Monday.

Briles, a longtime offensive coordinator, is at TCU through 2023, after stints at Arkansas, Florida State, Houston, FAU and Baylor.

A finalist in 2015 for the Broyles Award, given to college football’s top assistant coach, Briles guided TCU quarterback Josh Hoover, who set a school record last season with 3,949 yards passing with 27 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, while the Horned Frogs ranked eighth nationally in passing offense at 312.9 yards per game. This season, Hoover threw for 3,472 yards and 29 TDs with 13 interceptions as TCU averaged 30.8 points per game (44th nationally) and finished 8–4 with an upcoming Alamo Bowl berth against USC.

Briles replaces Mike Shula, who was fired nine games into the season after scoring 14 or fewer points four times during a 3-6 start by the Gamecocks. Wide receivers coach/passing game coordinator Mike Fury called games for the remainder of the season.

Briles spent the first nine years of his career at Baylor under his father, Art Briles. The Bears’ 2015 and 2016 offenses ranked third and second in NCAA history, averaging 616.2 and 618.8 yards per game, respectively.

Following Art Briles’ To remove Kendall Briles became the offensive coordinator at FAU under Lane Kiffin in 2017, following a review of Baylor’s handling of sexual assault allegations made against several football players in Waco.