Georgia St. HC Elliott joins South Carolina personnel

• Chris Low, ESPN Elder WriterFeb 15, 2024, 11:58 AM ET

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Another FBS head coach is leaving for a planner and/or position training task in college football, as Georgia State’s Shawn Elliott has actually agreed to go back to South Carolina as tight ends coach and run game organizer.

“This was not a professional relocation, however an individual move,” Elliott informed ESPN. “We’ve made it work for seven years with my household still residing in Columbia, and I even thought of not coaching this year. I had assured my child that I would be there for her senior year of high school, and when this opportunity came near go back to South Carolina and coach again, it was something I could not miss. I’ve constantly loved South Carolina.”

Eliott notified his personnel and the players at Georgia State on Thursday morning that he was leaving.

“They have actually been being available in here since. We laughed together and cried together. I’m proud of what we have actually done here,” added Elliott.Georgia State athletic director Charlie Cobb said in a declaration that the rest of spring football practices and the school’s Spring Game have actually been delayed in the wake of Elliott’s departure.Elliott is initially from Camden, South Carolina and coached

on South Carolina’s personnel from 2010-16 and worked alongside present South Carolina coach Shane Beamer on the Gamecocks’ 2010 staff. Elliott’s household had actually remained in Columbia the whole time he coached at Georgia State, and he has a kid playing high school football in Columbia and a daughter who’s a high school cheerleader.Elliott is the 4th head coach this offseason to leave for a non-head training task at a

Power 5 school. UCLA’s Chip Kelly delegated end up being offending coordinator at Ohio State. South Alabama’s Kane Wommack signed up with Alabama as protective coordinator, and Buffalo’s Maurice Linguist went to Alabama as co-defensive organizer and defensive backs coach. In addition, Boston College’s Jeff Hafley left to end up being the Green Bay Packers’protective coordinator.Elliott, 50, directed the Panthers to 5 winning seasons and 4 bowl triumphes in his seven seasons in Atlanta. He was 41-44 general. Georgia State didn’t begin playing football until 2010 and suffered through 6 straight losing seasons before Elliott’s arrival.In his previous stint at South Carolina, Elliott worked under both Will Muschamp and Steve Spurrier as offending line coach and later co-offensive organizer. He belonged of South Carolina groups that won 11 games in 3 straight seasons from 2011-13 and finished in the leading 10 in the last surveys all three years.When Spurrier stepped down in the middle of the 2015 season, Elliott was named as the interim head coach for the rest of the season.