Muschamp’s experience extends beyond his shaky time at Florida and his one season with Auburn this past year, however. Yeah, the Southeastern Conference has a history of eating its own tail when it comes to coaching moves, and Muschamp is a prime example of that. “I will begin a search immediately for our next defensive coordinator”. Muschamp also ran Texas’ defense under Mack Brown and played safety for Georgia in the early 1990s. He is in the running for the head coaching job at SC but sources said he will not be back at Auburn.
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Just last month, Muschamp drew a 15-yard penalty in Auburn’s Iron Bowl loss to Alabama for yelling at officials, who had called a Tiger defender for a late hit. South Florida head coach Willie Taggart, for example, reportedly interviewed on Friday, only to be given a five-year contract extension from USF on Saturday.
Robinson was a serious candidate to take the Maryland defensive coordinator position under new head coach DJ Durkin, who worked above Robinson on Muschamp’s Florida staff two seasons ago.
I’m a bit confused as to why the Gamecocks believe Muschamp is a positive hire.
During Auburn’s 6-6 season in 2015, Muschamp’s defense finished 11th or worse in the SEC in total defense, rushing defense, passing defense and scoring defense.
Muschamp’s departure is already being felt in recruiting. Several reports had him linked to SC to come help fix the Gamecocks’ underwhelming defense, but he settled on a return to Auburn. We got to do a better job of coaching the guys and putting them in situations where they can be successful. “I’m disappointed that I didn’t get it done and it is my responsibility to get it done”. What was expected to be a super-coaching cyborg named GusChamp, the chemistry experiment between Muschamp and Tigers head coach Gus Malzahn found tempered success. He is 152-104-2 in his head coaching career.
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“He’s an unbelievable recruiter, as you all can see”.
