Every athletic director has battled different headwinds. If nothing else, each era running the Gamecocks has been eventful in its own way.

Ray Tanner is transitioning to a new job at South Carolina. Here are candidates to watch throughout South Carolina's athletic director search.

Ray Tanner will be stepping down as South Carolina athletic director, the school’s board of trustees announced Friday. “I’m reluctant to accept his change as athletic director,” USC President Michael Amiridis said of the change.