List of University of South Carolina people

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This list of University of South Carolina people includes alumni that are graduates or non matriculating students, and former professors and administrators of the University of South Carolina, with its primary campus located in the American city of Columbia, South Carolina.

Name Class year Notes Reference 2009 a. k. a. Toro Y Moi, musician 2001 actress on General Hospital soap opera 1960 book author, journalist, professor, and Besterman/McColvin Gold Medal winner 1998 actor 1989 host of MSNBC's Rita Cosby Live and three time Emmy Award winner 1977 syndicated columnist, book author, and Guinness World Record holder 1975 economist and writer 1999 anchor for Fox News Weekend TV program 1989 award winning Christian novelist 1986 author of the best selling novel Cold Mountain 1988 singer and WWE ring announcer 1978 actress and former host of Entertainment Tonight TV program, three time Emmy winner 1978 stunt coordinator and actor, Borat, The Guardian, Dodgeball 2000 actress; February 2001 Playboy Playmate of the Month 1961 columnist and former chief foreign correspondent of The Washington Post; two time Pulitzer Prize winner Hootie and the Blowfish all four band members attended the University; drummer Jim Sonefeld played on the UofSC soccer team musician in Eagles of Death Metal group artist; attended 1947–48; did not graduate 1989 author, lifestyle expert 1999 singer, songwriter, and folk guitarist before 1995 artist, journalist attorney, journalist, Miss USA 2019 winner; also played the UofSC track team 1964 painter and sculptor responsible for the mural Tunnelvision 1982 author and columnist 1976 author, editor, and pioneer underwater archaeologist who discovered the wreck of the Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley in 1970 1974 chief foreign correspondent for The New York Times 1996Youtube, Supermega, Kids with Problems, Cyndago 1984 anchor for Fox Sports TV programsJames McBride Dabbs 1916Regional author and civil rights activist

Name Class year Notes Reference Dick Sheridan 1964 former head football coach at North Carolina State University and Furman University Dale Steele 1976 former head football coach at Campbell University Charlie Weis M. A. 1989 head football coach at the University of Kansas; former head coach of the University of Notre Dame

Name Letter years Notes Reference Kent Anderson 1982–1984 retired MLB infielder Billy Buckner 2004 retired right handed pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks Brian Buscher 2002–2003 retired infielder for the Minnesota Twins; assistant coach for Gamecock baseball team (2011–) Jackie Bradley Jr. 2009–2011 outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays Tripp Cromer 1987–1989 retired MLB infielder Jon Coutlangus 2002–2003 retired left handed pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks Adam Everett 1997–1998 retired shortstop for the Cleveland Indians; member of gold medal winning 2000 United States Olympic baseball team Lee Gronkiewicz 1999–2001 retired pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays Ed Lynch 1974–1977 retired pitcher for the New York Mets and Chicago Cubs; general manager for the Cubs Marcus McBeth 1999–2001 retired MLB pitcher Kevin Melillo 2002–2004 retired infielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Whit Merrifield 2008 2012 second baseman and outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays Drew Meyer 2000–2002 retired shortstop for the Texas Rangers Steve Pearce 2004–2005 first baseman for the Boston Red Sox Brian Roberts 1999 retired infielder for the Baltimore Orioles Justin Smoak 2006–2008 first baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays Christian Walker 2010–2012 first baseman for the Arizona Diamondbacks Mookie Wilson 1977 retired center fielder for the New York Mets

Name Letter years Notes Reference Renaldo Balkman 2004–2006 NBA player Tom Boswell 1975 former NBA player Mike Brittain 1982–1985 former NBA player Bobby Cremins 1968–1970 former Georgia Tech and current College of Charleston head basketball coach Mike Dunleavy, Sr. 1973–1976 former NBA player, head coach and general manager of the Los Angeles Clippers Chuck Eidson 1999–2003 former MVP of the German Basketball Bundesliga and player in Eurocup Alex English 1973–1976 NBA Hall of Famer (highest scorer in the 1980s and seventh all time scorer with 25,343 points) Jo Jo English 1989–1992 former NBA player, top scorer in the 1999 2000 Israel Basketball League Jim Fox 1964–1965 former NBA player Gary Gregor 1965, 1967 – 1968 former NBA player Skip Harlicka 1965–1968 former NBA player Kevin Joyce 1971–1973 former ABA player Tre' Kelley 2004–2007 player in the Croatian league Tarence Kinsey 2003–2006 NBA player, now plays for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Premier League BJ McKie 1996–1999 three time All SEC basketball player; the school's all time leading scorer Tom Owens 1969–1971 former NBA player Brent Price 1988–1989 former NBA player Tom Riker 1970–1972 former NBA player John Roche 1969–1971 former NBA player Scott Sanderson 1981–1984 head basketball coach at Lipscomb University Ryan Stack 1995–1998 former NBA player Brandon Wallace 2004–2007 former NBA player Jamie Watson 1991–1994 former NBA player Brian Winters 1972–1974 former NBA player, coach of WNBA's Indiana Fever

Name Letter years Notes Reference John Abraham 1996–1999 NFL player Tom Addison 1955–1957 American Football League All Star (Boston Patriots) and founder of American Football League Players Association Ronald Edwin Bass 1973 1977 former USC football player and member of the 1971 T. C. Williams High School from Remember the Titans Sheldon Brown 1998–2001 former NFL player Jadeveon Clowney 2011 – 2013 NFL player Chris Culliver 2007–2010 NFL player Justice Cunningham 2009–2012 2013 Mr. Irrelevant Mark Dantonio 1976–1978 current Michigan State University head football coach Zola Davis 1995–1998 NFL and XFL player Patrick DiMarco 2007–2010 former NFL player Brad Edwards 1984–1987 former NFL player and athletic director of George Mason University Kalimba Edwards 1998–2001 former NFL player Stephon Gilmore 2009–2011 NFL player Harold Green 1986–1989 former NFL player Tori Gurley 2009–2010 NFL player Darren Hambrick 1996–1997 former NFL player Alex Hawkins 1956–1958 former NFL player and ACC Player of the Year in 1958 DeVonte Holloman 2009–2012 NFL player Melvin Ingram 2009–2011 NFL player Alshon Jeffery 2009–2011 NFL player Corey Jenkins 2001–2002 former NFL player Johnathan Joseph 2004–2005 NFL player Cliff Matthews 2009–2010 NFL player Kenny McKinley 2005–2008 former NFL player Langston Moore 1999–2002 former NFL player Eric Norwood 2006–2009 NFL player Willie Offord 1998–2001 former NFL player Andrew Provence 1979–1982 former NFL player Dan Reeves 1962–1964 former NFL player and head coach Sidney Rice 2005–2006 NFL player Dunta Robinson 2001–2003 NFL player Marcus Robinson 1993 – 1994, 1996 former NFL player George Rogers 1977–1980 former No. 1 draft pick in the NFL, 1980 Heisman Trophy winner Weslye Saunders 2009–2010 NFL player Sterling Sharpe 1983, 1985 – 1987 former NFL player and ESPN football analyst Ko Simpson 2004–2005 NFL player Duce Staley 1995–1996 former NFL player and Gamecock Radio Network sideline reporter Ryan Succop 2005–2008 kicker, 2009 Mr. Irrelevant Rod Trafford 1999–2001 NFL player Travelle Wharton 2000–2003 NFL player Troy Williamson 2002–2004 NFL player

Name Letter years Notes Reference 2003–2004 goalkeeper for Middlesbrough in the Premier League 1973–1977 head coach of the San Antonio Scorpions in the North American Soccer League 1994–1997 retired forward for Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer 1995–1997 forward for D. C. United in Major League Soccer

Name Letter years Notes Reference Aleen Bailey 2002–2003 Olympic gold medalist Dawn Ellerbe 1993–1997 track and field champion, United States Olympian Otis Harris 2001–2004 Olympic gold and silver medalist Shannon Johnson 1992–1996 second all time leading scorer in women's basketball history (2,230 points), member of gold medal winning 2004 U. S. Olympic basketball team, and four time WNBA all star Terrence Trammell 1998–2000 Olympic silver medalist in 2000 and 2004; world champion in 60 meter hurdles Tonique Williams Darling 1997–1998 Olympic gold medalist in 2004 in the 400 meters for the Bahamian team

Name Class year Notes Reference Rick Brewer Ph. D. in educational administration President of Louisiana College in Pineville, Louisiana, since 2015; administrator at Charleston Southern University in North Charleston, 1987–2015 Joseph Burckhalter 1934 retired as Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan and member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame Bryan Coker YM. Ed. in higher education 12th President of Maryville College in Maryville, Tennessee Charles Dallara 1970 international economist and Managing Director for the Institute of International Finance Mohammed Dajani Daoudi Ph. D. in government, 1981 Palestinian professor and peace activist David F. Houston 1887 President of Texas A&M and the University of Texas; Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis William "Hootie" Johnson 1953 Chairman of the Executive Committee of Bank of America; former Chairman of the Augusta National Golf Club Carol Keehan 1980 President and CEO of the Catholic Health Association of the United States Larry Kellner 1981 Chairman of the Board and CEO of Continental Airlines David A. King 1983 Director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Amy Leventer 1982 Marine biologist, micropaleontologist, Antarctic researcher Robert C. McNair 1958 owner of NFL franchise Houston Texans Darla Moore 1975 financier, philanthropist, namesake of the Moore School of Business Simona Hunyadi Murph Ph. D. in ChemistryNanotechnology 2007 Scientist, Engineer & Inventor at Savannah River National Laboratory; Adjunct Professor at University of Georgia Lois Privor Dumm 1988 Director of Alliances and Information for PneumoADIP, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Jacob Shuford 1974 Admiral and current President of the United States Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, 2004–present E. Lee Spence 1976 underwater archaeologist; discovered the wreck of the Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley, 1970 Glenn Tilton 1970 Chairman, President, and CEO of United Airlines Drew Van Horn Ph. D. in educational administration President of Young Harris College in Young Harris, Georgia since 2017; former President at Brevard College in Brevard, North Carolina, 2002–2011 Samuel Phillips Verner 1892 American missionary and African explorer who brought Ota Benga the human exhibit from the Congo to the US John Kenneth Waddell 1988 President of Denmark Technical College Howard A. "Humpy" Wheeler, Jr. 1961 President of Charlotte Motor Speedway

Name Class Notes Reference Weston Adams 1960 U. S. Ambassador to the Republic of Malawi; member of the South Carolina House of Representatives Lee Atwater 1977 political consultant/strategist André Bauer Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina Stephen K. Benjamin Mayor of Columbia, South Carolina Lawrence Cain 1876 Law member of the South Carolina House of Representatives and the South Carolina Senate John E. Courson Republican member, South Carolina SenateAllison DahleDemocratic member, North Carolina House of Representatives Julie Emerson Republican member, Louisiana House of Representatives, beginning 2016 Tom Ervin 1977 Republican member, South Carolina House of Representatives Alvin Greene Democratic nominee, United States Senate, 2010 Solomon Blatt, Sr. 1917 former longtime Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives Solomon Blatt, Jr. 1941 former District Court judge Andrew Card 1971 former White House chief of staff for President George W. Bush Wilbur Cave former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives Katon Dawson 1979 South Carolina Republican Party chairman Terry Haskins1981 Law member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1986 until his death in 2000 Glenn F. McConnell 1972 South Carolina Senate president pro tempore Edgar L. McGowan 1961 Commissioner of Labor of South Carolina Hugh R. Miller 1833 member of the Mississippi House of Representatives 1842–1844; mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg Melvin Purvis 1925 FBI agent who helped capture 1930s gangsters John Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, and Baby Face Nelson Bakari Sellers 2008 Law member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (2006–2014) Paris Simkins 1876 African American Lawyer, minister, and member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1872–1876) Harry A. Slattery 1944 Undersecretary of the United States Department of the Interior, 1938–39, the so called Slattery Report Jean H. Toal 1968 chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court William Henry Wallace 1849 Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives, Confederate States Army brigadier general, Circuit Judge (1877–1893) Charles S. West 1848 Texas jurist and politician Knox H. White Law Mayor of Greenville, 1995 –

Name Class year Term in office Notes Reference Christie Benet 1902 1918 also coach of the Gamecock football team Coleman Livingston Blease 1925–1931 expelled for plagiarism in 1888, did not graduate; also Governor of South Carolina Andrew Butler 1817 1846–1857 also an author of the Kansas Nebraska Act Matthew Butler 1856 1877–1895 attended in the late 1850s Franklin H. Elmore 1819 1850 also United States Representative Josiah J. Evans 1808 1853–1858 Lindsey Graham 1977 2003 – present also United States Representative James Henry Hammond 1825 1857–1860 also Governor of South Carolina and United States Representative Wade Hampton III 1836 1879–1891 also Governor of South Carolina William Harper 1808 1826 also a jurist and social and political theorist Ernest Hollings 1947 1966–2005 also Governor of South Carolina John W. Johnston 1836 1870–1883 also served in Virginia State Senate Olin D. Johnston 1924 1945–1965 also Governor of South Carolina Alva M. Lumpkin 1908 1941 George McDuffie 1813 1842–1846 also Governor of South Carolina and United States Representative Stephen Decatur Miller 1808 1831–1833 also Governor of South Carolina and United States Representative William P. Pollock 1891 1918–1919 William C. Preston 1812 1833–1842 Thomas J. Robertson 1843 1868–1877 Donald S. Russell 1925 1965–1966 also Governor of South Carolina, United States assistant secretary of state for Administration, and president of the University of South Carolina Ellison D. Smith 1909–1944 failed freshman year; did not graduate Thomas A. Wofford 1928 1956 also graduate of the Harvard University Law School, 1931

Name Class year Term in office Notes Reference D. Wyatt Aiken 1849 1877–1887 William Aiken Jr. 1825 1851–1857 also Governor of South Carolina Milledge Luke Bonham 1834 1857–1860 also Governor of South Carolina William Waters Boyce 1853–1860 attended in the late 1830s; did not graduate John Bratton 1850 1884–1885 William H. Brawley 1860 1891–1894 Preston Brooks 1853–1857 expelled in 1839 for attempting to free his brother from prison; did not graduate Joseph R. Bryson 1920 1939–1953 Sampson H. Butler 1839–1842 attended in the early 1820s; did not graduate William Butler 1810 1841–1843 Patrick C. Caldwell 1820 1841–1843 Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. 1979–1987 attended in the late 1950s; did not graduate John Campbell 1819 1837–1845 Robert B. Campbell 1809 1823 – 18251834 – 1837 John Carter 1811 1822–1829 William K. Clowney 1818 1833 – 18351837 – 1839 William F. Colcock 1823 1849–1853 Theodore G. Croft 1897 1904–1905 Mendel Jackson Davis 1970 1971–1981 Warren R. Davis 1810 1827–1835 Butler Derrick 1975–1995 Frederick H. Dominick 1917–1933 J. Edwin Ellerbe 1905–1913 Franklin H. Elmore 1819 1836–1839 also United States Senator John H. Evins 1853 1877–1884 David E. Finley 1885 1899–1917 Allard H. Gasque 1901 1923–1938 Andrew R. Govan 1813 1822–1827 Lindsey Graham 1977 1995–2003 also United States Senator William J. Grayson 1809 1833–1837 James Henry Hammond 1825 1835–1836 also United States Senator and Governor of South Carolina James Butler Hare 1947 1949–1951 John J. Hemphill 1869 1883–1893 Robert W. Hemphill 1936 1957–1964 Kenneth Lamar Holland 1960 1975–1983 John Jenrette 1962 1975–1980 Laurence M. Keitt 1843 1853–1860 George Swinton Legaré 1903–1913 Hugh S. Legaré 1814 1837–1839 Edward C. Mann 1906 1919–1921 James Robert Mann 1947 1969–1979 Richard Irvine Manning I 1811 1834–1836 also Governor of South Carolina George McDuffie 1813 1821–1834 also United States Senator and Governor of South Carolina John L. McMillan 1939–1973 Thomas S. McMillan 1912 1925–1939 John J. McSwain 1897 1921–1936 Stephen Decatur Miller 1808 1817–1819 also United States Senator and Governor of South Carolina George W. Murray 1893 – 18951896 – 1897 attended in the early 1870s; did not graduate John Light Napier 1972 1981–1983 Wilson Nesbitt 1817–1819 left after freshman year in 1805; did not graduate William T. Nuckolls 1820 1827–1833 Liz J. Patterson 1987–1993 attended in the early 1960s; did not graduate William H. Perry 1885–1891 attended in the late 1850s; did not graduate Francis Wilkinson Pickens 1834–1841 attended in the late 1820s; did not graduate; also Governor of South Carolina Henry L. Pinckney 1812 1833–1837 J. Willard Ragsdale 1913–1919 James P. Richards 1921 1933–1957 John Peter Richardson II 1819 1836–1839 also Governor of South Carolina John S. Richardson 1850 1879–1883 L. Mendel Rivers 1941–1970 attended in the late 1920s; did not graduate James Rogers 1813 1835 – 18371839 – 1843 Richard F. Simpson 1816 1843–1849 Eldred Simkins 1802 (approx.) 1818–1821 also Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina (1812 1814); also member of the South Carolina State Senate (1810 1812) and South Carolina House of Representatives Hugo S. Sims, Jr. 1947 1949–1951 Floyd Spence 1952 1971–2001 Robin Tallon 1966 1987–1993 John C. Taylor 1919 1933–1939 Waddy Thompson, Jr. 1814 1835–1841 Samuel W. Trotti 1832 1842–1843 Albert Watson 1950 1963–1971 Joe Wilson 1972 2001 – present Joseph A. Woodward 1843–1853 attended in the mid 1820s; did not graduate

Name Class year Term in office Notes Reference Mark Anthony Cooper 1819 1839 – 18411842 – 1843 United States Representative from Georgia David Funderburk 1974 1995–1997 United States Representative from North Carolina Henry Washington Hilliard 1826 1845–1851 United States Representative from Alabama John W. Johnston 1870–1883 United States Senator from Virginia Lewis Charles Levin 1828 1845–1851 United States Representative from Pennsylvania; first Jew elected to the United States Congress Dixon Hall Lewis 1820 1829 – 1844 H1844 – 1848 S United States Representative and United States Senator from Alabama Louis Wigfall 1837 1859–1861 United States Senator from Texas

Name Class year Term in office Notes Reference William Aiken Jr. 1825 1844–1846 also United States Representative David Beasley 1979 1995–1999 Coleman Livingston Blease 1911–1915 expelled for plagiarism in 1888; did not graduate; also United States Senator Milledge Luke Bonham 1834 1862–1864 also United States Representative Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. 1987–1995 attended in the late 1950s, did not graduate John Drayton 1800 – 1802, 1808 – 1810 also United States federal judge John Geddes 1818–1820 attended in the mid 1810s; did not graduate William Henry Gist 1858–1860 expelled in 1827; did not graduate James Henry Hammond 1825 1842–1844 also a United States Senator and a United States Representative Wade Hampton III 1836 1877–1879 also a United States Senator Joseph Emile Harley 1902 1941–1942 Jim Hodges 1979 1999–2003 Ernest Hollings 1947 1959–1963 also United States Senator Richard Manning Jefferies 1910 1942–1943 Thomas Bothwell Jeter 1846 1880 David Johnson 1846–1848 attended in the late 1820s; did not graduate Olin D. Johnston 1924 1935 – 19391943 – 1945 also United States Senator Andrew Gordon Magrath 1831 1864–1865 John Lawrence Manning 1836 1852–1854 Richard Irvine Manning I 1811 1824–1826 also United States Representative George McDuffie 1813 1834–1836 also United States Senator and a United States Representative Robert Evander McNair 1947 1965–1971 John Hugh Means 1832 1850–1852 Stephen Decatur Miller 1808 1828–1830 also United States Senator and United States Representative Franklin J. Moses, Jr. 1872–1874 dismissed from freshman class in 1855; did not graduate Francis Wilkinson Pickens 1860–1862 attended in the late 1820s; did not graduate; also United States Representative John Peter Richardson II 1819 1840–1842 also United States Representative John Peter Richardson III 1849 1886–1890 Richard Riley 1959 1979–1987 also U. S. Secretary of Education Donald S. Russell 1925 1963–1965 also United States Senator William Dunlap Simpson 1843 1879–1880 George Bell Timmerman, Jr. 1937 1955–1959 John C. West 1946 1971–1975 Henry McMaster 1973 2017 – Incumbent also South Carolina Attorney General and Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina.

Name Class year Term in office Notes Reference John B. Floyd 1829 1849–1852 Governor of Virginia John Gayle 1815 1831–1835 Governor of Alabama Charles James McDonald 1816 1839–1843 Governor of Georgia William McWillie 1817 1857–1859 Governor of Mississippi John Murphy 1808 1825–1829 Governor of Alabama

Name Class year Notes John Bratton 1850 Confederate general during the American Civil War Matthew Butler attended in the late 1850s; did not graduate; Confederate general during the American Civil War James Ronald Chalmers 1851 Confederate general during the American Civil War John B. Floyd 1829 Confederate general during the American Civil War and Governor of Virginia Kathryn Frost 1970 major general in the U. S. Army, at the time the highest ranked woman in the Army, retired 2005 Martin Witherspoon Gary attended in the early 1850s; did not graduate; Confederate general during the American Civil War John W. Goodwin 1975 Rear Admiral, United States Navy, retired Maxcy Gregg 1835 Confederate general during the American Civil War Wade Hampton III 1836 Confederate general during the American Civil War, Governor of South Carolina and United States Senator Alexander Cheves Haskell 1860 Confederate colonel during the American Civil War Samuel McGowan 1841 Confederate general during the American Civil War Jacob L. Shuford 1974 Admiral and President of the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, 2004 to 2008 John A. Wharton 1850 Confederate general during the American Civil War Knox H. White Law school Mayor of Greenville, 1995 – Terrell Glenn 1980 bishop in the Anglican Church in North America Bryant Wright 1974 president of the Southern Baptist Convention

Name Years Notes ReferenceEdward Porter Alexander1867–1870also chief of artillery in the Army of Northern Virginia under General Robert E. Lee and mathematics professor Augusta Braxton Baker 1980–1994 librarian and storyteller Robby Benson 1988–1990 actor Thomas Cooper 1819–1834 educator, philosopher, and political leader James Dickey 1969–1997 poet and novelist; author of DeliveranceDonald Fowler1966 – 19681971 – 2020former chairman of the Democratic National CommitteeLawrence B. Glickman1992 – 2014historian of American consumerism Richard Theodore Greener 1873–1877 first Black person to graduate from Harvard University and first to teach at the University of South Carolina Alexander Cheves Haskell 1867–1868 professor of law John LeConte 1856–1869 geologist Joseph LeConte 1856–1870 geologist Francis Lieber 1835–1856 jurist and political philosopher John McLaren McBryde 1882–1888 Virginia Tech president Abioseh Nicol 1990–1991 author, diplomat from Sierra Leone; former under secretary general of the United Nations Jihan Sadat 1985–1986 widow of Anwar Sadat Emory M. Sneeden 1978–1982 United States Court of Appeals Judge Richard L. Walker 1957–1981 former United States ambassador to South Korea

Name Year issued Notes Reference John Drayton 1807 Governor of South Carolina; pushed for the foundation of South Carolina College to unite the state Thomas Cooper 1833 President of the University of South Carolina Robert Woodward Barnwell 1842 President of the University of South Carolina Thomas Green Clemson 1886 agriculturalist Ellison Capers 1888 Confederate general during the American Civil War Joseph B. Kershaw 1893 Confederate general during the American Civil War Hugh Smith Thompson 1900 Governor of South Carolina James F. Byrnes Governor of South Carolina Helen Hayes 1979 actressthe last 3 did not attend South Carolina.