The University of South Carolina announced Friday that Ray Tanner, who is the current athletics director, will soon move into a new role. Tanner became the Gamecocks’ athletics director in 2012 after 16 seasons coaching the baseball team, which he led to two national titles.“I loved my experience as a baseball coach and as an administrator. I’m grateful to have been able to work here for such a long time,” Tanner said. “I married a Gamecock and my three children grew up as Gamecocks. My time here is something I have never taken for granted.” Tanner will remain the Gamecocks’ athletics director until his successor arrives in Columbia. Tanner will then transition to become athletics director emeritus and senior advisor to the president, focusing on fundraising and community engagement. A national search for a new athletics director will begin at the end of the fall semester.Under the agreement, Tanner will …