“There’s only one coach Spurrier”, he said. Muschamp will earn an additional $100,000 should USC play in the SEC championship game and $150,000 if the Gamecocks win the conference championship.
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“As much as anything, it’s like marriage”, said Muschamp. Offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer and defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt, as well as all other assistant coaches, are also sticking with the Bulldogs at least through the bowl, to be announced later Sunday.
Muschamp amassed a 28-21 record as Florida’s coach, which included an SEC East title in 2012 when he led the team to an 11-2 record and No. 9 finish the final AP Poll.
Will Muschamp’s work as South Carolina’s new head football coach began even before he was introduced.
“We did a lot of things well”, he said of his time in Gainesville. “There’s nobody that’s going to be more self-critical of themselves than myself as far as what we need to do to be successful”. If you don’t get it right at that positions, it affects the entire organization.
Muschamp was dismissed after losing to SC past year, his offensively challenged Gators giving up a late lead and losing at The Swamp in overtime. On hiring a staff “No, when I know, I won’t wait for the entire staff obviously….”
Tanner told reporters: “I can’t speak for anything that he put out, but I would tell you that it’s inaccurate”.
In the event Muschamp terminates the contract, his buyout is $7 million for 2016, $6 million for 2017 and the figure drops by $1 million for each remaining year of the deal. Still, Muschamp defended himself. ” On Auburn’s players “I hate that fact that those kids have to go through” another change at defensive coordinator”. “Identity-wise, I want to be on the ball, fast, physical, able to be on the ball and spread the field, and our guys are excited about that”.
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That competitive edge is ultimately what Tanner said he saw in Muschamp. “We got a Gamecock”. Buckle up your seat belt. On conversation with Ray Tanner “I made it very evident in the conversation that we had that this is where I wanted to be”.
