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Everette Sands
Everette Sands

Position:
Running Backs
Experience:
1st Year

03/15/2012

Annual South Carolina Football Coaching Clinic Set

Event To Be Held March 30-31

03/13/2012

Gamecocks Open Spring Drills

First Practice Set for Tuesday

02/10/2012

Several Coaches' Contracts Approved

Board of Trustees Approves Carolina Coaches' Contracts

02/03/2012

Grady Brown Hired as Secondary Coach

Spurrier Tabs Southern Miss Cornerbacks Coach

Everette Sands was named running backs coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks on January 16, 2012.

Sands come to South Carolina after spending the 2011 campaign coaching the running backs at NC State, his 16th year in the profession. In his lone season with the Wolfpack, his backs logged four individual 100+ yard performances for the first time since 2007.

Sands is very familiar with the Palmetto State, having logged two stints at The Citadel, first from 1999-2000 and again from 2005-10. During his second stint at the Charleston school, he coached three running backs who were named to the Southern Conference All-freshman team and had one back break the school's single-season and single-game records for touchdowns. Between his stints at The Citadel, Sands coached the offensive backs at Ohio University.

Born July 28, 1971 in Conway, S.C., Sands earned a bachelor's degree in computer science from The Citadel in 1993. He earned four letters as a running back for the Bulldogs collecting All-Southern Conference honors in all four years. He ranks second all-time in school history with 3,926 rushing yards and with 204 points and 34 touchdowns. He garnered All-America accolades as a junior when he led The Citadel to a conference title and number one final ranking with 1,449 yards and 12 touchdowns. He served as a team captain in 1993 and was inducted into The Citadel Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004. His first coaching position came at Elon from 1996-98.

Sands is married to the former Yvette Newton and the couple has two sons, Everette III "Tre" and Josiah, and one daughter, Sierra.

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