SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Former Wofford football coach Mike Ayers highlights the five-member South Carolina Football Hall of Fame's induction class of 2022. Also being enshrined are Clemson offensive lineman Joe Bostic, South Carolina defensive back Brad Edwards, South Carolina State wide receiver John Gillam and Furman running back Stanford Jennings.
 
The Class of 2022 will be honored alongside Jalin Hyatt, 2022 Blanchard-Rogers Trophy recipient, and 2022 Humanitarian of the Year Award (TBA) recipient. The Class of 2022 members to be enshrined at the 10th Annual Enshrinement Ceremony on April 21, 2023, at the Hilton Greenville off Haywood Road and Orchard Park.
 
For three decades, Ayers guided the Terriers from the NAIA and NCAA Division II ranks to Division I and the Southern Conference. Along the way, the team made appearances in the Division II Playoffs in 1990 and 1991, the Division I FCS Playoffs in 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2017, and claimed Southern Conference titles in 2003, 2007, 2010, 2012 and 2017.
 
The story of Mike Ayers as head coach at Wofford began in 1988. The young, energetic coach had built East Tennessee State into a Southern Conference contender. On Dec. 22, 1987, he was introduced as head coach. Ayers' impact on the Terriers was immediate. He transformed that 1-10 Wofford team into a .500 squad in 1988 and then led the Terriers to an NCAA Division II playoff berth in 1990.
 
Ayers was the head coach of a Terrier team that, over the last two decades, was the epitome of success within the Southern Conference. Since the start of the 2003 season, Wofford posted a 69-37 mark in league play, a winning percentage of .650 to lead the conference. He instilled his own intensity, character and pride into his teams. In his last 11 seasons as head coach, the team reached the FCS Playoffs seven times. Wofford players were named as SoCon Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year and taken the Jacobs Blocking Trophy home twice as well.
 
In the Southern Conference, he is third all-time in victories and seasons, behind only Jerry Moore (Appalachian State) and Wallace Wade (Alabama, Duke). Overall he posted a 207-139-1 record with the Terriers.
 
Ayers was inducted into the Southern Conference Hall of Fame in 2018, the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame in 2022 and will be eligible for the Wofford Athletics Hall of Fame in 2023. 
 
Limited seat and table packages are available now through April 7th or as supplies last for purchase at www.scfootballhof.org/shop. Proceeds from the event go to provide support for the Bridge Builder Excellence Program and the #SCTop10N2030 Movement to lead South Carolina students to the Top 10 in college and career readiness by December 31, 2030.