Shawn Elliott (American football)

Shawn Elliott
Current position
Sport(s)	Football
Title	Offensive line coach
Team	South Carolina
Conference	SEC
Biographical details
Born	Camden, South Carolina
Playing career
1992–1995	Appalachian State
Position(s)	Defensive end
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997–1998	Appalachian State (defensive assistant)
1999–2000	Appalachian State (TE)
2001–2009	Appalachian State (OL)
2010–2011	South Carolina (running game, OL)
2012–2015	South Carolina (co-OC/OL)
2015	South Carolina (interim HC)
2016–present	South Carolina (OL)
Head coaching record
Overall	1–5
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
All-Southern Conference (1995)

Shawn Elliott is an American football coach and former player. He served as the interim head football coach at the University of South Carolina, a position he assumed on October 13, 2015. Elliott joined the South Carolina Gamecocks football coaching staff in 2010 as the team's running game coordinator under Steve Spurrier. He was later named the co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. A day after South Carolina head coach Spurrier's resignation, Elliott was elevated to the position of head coach on an interim basis.^[1]

Coaching career

After graduating from Appalachian State University in 1996, Elliott joined the team's coaching staff under Jerry Moore. He was part of a staff that led the Mountaineers to three straight NCAA Division I Football Championships, from 2005 to 2007.^[2] He remained with the team until after the 2009 season, when he joined the staff of South Carolina.

Personal life

A native of Camden, South Carolina, Elliott is married to his wife, Summer. They have two children.^[2]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
South Carolina Gamecocks (Southeastern Conference) (2015–present)
2015	South Carolina	1–5^{[n 1]}	1–3^{[n 1]}	T–6th (Eastern)^{[n 1]}
South Carolina:		1–5	1–3
Total:		1–5

Notes

1 2 3 Steve Spurrier resigned on October 12, 2015, after the first six games of the season, in which South Carolina went 2–4 overall and 0–4 in conference play. Elliott was named interim head coach the next day.

References

External links

South Carolina profile

South Carolina Gamecocks head football coaches

No coach (1882)
No team (1893)
No coach (1894–1895)
W. H. Whaley (1896)
Frederick M. Murphy (1897)
Bill Wertenbaker (1898)
Irving O. Hunt (1899–1900)
Byron W. Dickson (1901)
Bob Williams (1902–1903)
Christie Benet (1904–1905)
No team (1906)
Douglas McKay (1907)
Christie Benet (1908–1909)
John Neff (1910–1911)
Norman B. Edgerton (1912–1915)
W. Rice Warren (1916)
Dixon Foster (1917)
Frank Dobson (1918)
Dixon Foster (1919)
Sol Metzger (1920–1924)
Branch Bocock (1925–1926)
Harry Lightsey (1927)
Billy Laval (1928–1934)
Don McCallister (1935–1937)
Rex Enright (1938–1942)
James P. Moran (1943)
Williams Newton (1944)
John D. McMillan (1945)
Rex Enright (1946–1955)
Warren Giese (1956–1960)
Marvin Bass (1961–1965)
Paul Dietzel (1966–1974)
Jim Carlen (1975–1981)
Richard Bell (1982)
Joe Morrison (1983–1988)
Sparky Woods (1989–1993)
Brad Scott (1994–1998)
Lou Holtz (1999–2004)
Steve Spurrier (2005–2015)
Shawn Elliott # (2015)
Will Muschamp (2016– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

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