South Carolina hires Des Kitchings as running backs coach

Posted April 24, 2020 7:00 am

The Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina has hired former North Carolina State assistant Des Kitchings to coach running backs coach, the latest change to a staff that went 4-8 a year ago.

Kitchings' one-year, $300,000 contract was approved by the school's board of trustees on Friday. Kitchings fills the spot opened when last year's offensive coordinator Bryan McClendon left for a job on the Oregon staff.

Kitchings is the fifth new assistant for the Gamecocks heading into next season.

McClendon had been demoted as head of the offense and had planned to coach receivers before leaving.

Running backs coach Thomas Brown, defensive line coach John Scott Jr. and special teams coordinator-linebackers coach Coleman Huntzler all left for other positions. Brown went to the Los Angeles Rams, Scott went to Penn State and Hutzler to the Texas Longhorns.

Quarterbacks coach Dan Werner was fired and replaced by former Colorado State head coach Mike Bobo, who'll also serve as offensive coordinator.

Trustees also approved contract extensions for tight ends coach Bobby Bentley and outside linebackers coach Mike Peterson.

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