Former Gamecock quarterback Erik Kimrey will serve as tight ends coach for new Uof SC head coach Shane Beamer.

Kimrey spent 17 seasons as the head coach at Hammond School, where he guided the SkyHawks to 12 SCISA state titles, more than any coach in SC history and an overall record of 194-20.

He was the youngest and fastest coach to reach 100 victories in SC history and the only coach to have won 6-consecutive state championships.

Among the players who played for Kimrey at Hammond include current Gamecocks Jordan Burch, Alex Huntley, Bradley Dunn and Fabian Goodman.

“Erik is a Gamecock,” said Coach Beamer. ““It’s extremely important to have former players.”

Kimrey graduated from Dutch Fork High School where he played quarterback for his father, Bill Kimrey, who was a head high school coach for 34 years.

He set 5 state passing records as a senior and was the state’s Offensive Player of the Year.

Kimrey was a backup quarterback and 3-time letter winner at South Carolina from 1998-2002. He is best remembered for coming off the bench to replace an injured Phil Petty and completing a fourth-down fade route pass to Jermale Kelly to lift the Gamecocks to an upset win over Mississippi State during the 2000 season.

After earning his bachelor’s degree in mathematics, Kimrey spent 2 years as an offensive graduate assistant on Lou Holtz’s staff at South Carolina, coaching tight ends and studying offensive line and tight end play under Coach Dave De-Guglielmo.

Kimrey is a 3rd generation Gamecock. His grandmother, father, mother, brothers and wife all attended the University of South Carolina.