The University of South Carolina board of trustees met on Thursday to approve the contract of Mike Furrey, who was announced as the South Carolina football team's new wide receivers coach.
The coaching change follows the departure of former wide receivers coach James Coley, who was hired this offseason by the Gamecocks but departed in less than two months to hold a similar role at the University of Georgia. Coley's move to the Bulldogs was made official on Monday.
Furrey will earn a base salary of $425,000 each year of his three-year contract, which runs until the end of the 2025 season. He will also have the opportunity to earn more than $100,000 in bonuses if certain performance-based incentives are met.
He spent the past two seasons as the head football coach at Limestone University, an NCAA Division II program based in Gaffney, South Carolina. Furrey led the Limestone Saints to a combined 16-8 record, reaching the Division II playoffs in both seasons. He had a previous stint as the head coach at Limestone from 2016 to 2017.
In between his two stints with Limestone, he spent four seasons as a wide receivers coach with the NFL's Chicago Bears, helping the team win one divisional championship and make two playoff appearances. Furrey also had a seven-year career as a player in the NFL, spending time with the St. Louis Rams, Detroit Lions and Cleveland Browns.
Furrey's hire marks the fifth change to South Carolina's coaching staff during this offseason. In addition to Furrey and Coley, the team hired Marquel Blackwell on Jan. 19 to be the new running backs coach, Joe DeCamillis on Jan. 29 to be the new associate head coach and special teams coordinator and Shawn Elliott on Feb. 16 to be the new tight ends coach.