Three of the seven SEC East schools have new coaching staffs in the wake of the 2015 season. South Carolina hired Will Muschamp to replace Steve Spurrier, Georgia tabbed Kirby Smart to replace Mark Richt and Missouri picked Barry Odom to step in for Gary Pinkel.

With the pressure of 2016 Signing Day looming, those new coaches had to quickly put staffs together in an effort to shore up this year’s recruiting class.

Let’s look at how each new staff takes shape:

SOUTH CAROLINA

The Muschamp hire is one that divides opinion a bit for Gamecock fans. A pessimist would point out that he’s already shown that he’s not cut out to coach in the SEC East (Florida), while an optimist would suggest that he’s still one of the better defensive minds in college football — and there’s a chance he’s learned a thing or two from his time in Gainesville.

Travaris Robinson, who coached under Muschamp at both Florida and Auburn, is the new defensive coordinator. Robinson, a former Auburn and NFL defensive back, is a bright, young (34) defensive mind and one of the nation’s most respected recruiters.

Helping Robinson with his first defensive coordinator role will be veteran defensive coach Ellis Johnson. Johnson, with nearly 40 years of coaching experience, will likely work with the linebackers while providing an experienced sounding board for Robinson.

Kurt Roper, late of the Cleveland Browns coaching staff, will serve as the offensive coordinator. He was also Muschamp’s OC for his final season in Gainseville in 2014. Roper has had success running offenses at both Duke and Ole Miss, but didn’t really get the chance to prove himself at Florida. He’ll get another crack at the SEC East this season.

Interim coach Shawn Elliott was retained to work with the offensive line. Elliott led the team to a 1-5 finish at the tail end of 2015, but did a good job keeping the team together in the midst of a tumultuous season. His passion and enthusiasm make him popular with the players, and it was wise of Muschamp to find a spot for him.

Longtime South Carolina high school coach Bobby Bentley will also join the staff from Auburn, and he’ll be working with the running backs. Coleman Hutzler, who coached at Boston College in 2015 and with Muschamp in Florida, will be the special teams and linebackers coach and Jeff Dillman, another former coach under Muschamp, will be the strength and conditioning coach.

So, Muschamp has much of the Florida crew back together again. We’ll see if the encore performance is better than the original.

GEORGIA

After 145 wins in 15 seasons, the powers that be in Athens decided to move on from Richt and turn to a Georgia alum to take the team to the next level.

Smart spent the last eight seasons as Nick Saban’s defensive coordinator at Alabama, so it stands to reason that his offensive coordinator hire would be particularly important. He chose former Pittsburgh, Tennessee and Purdue offensive coordinator Jim Chaney to lead his offense. Chaney has favored spread offenses in the past, but his Pittsburgh work shows that he also knows how to utilize a good running game.

Sam Pittman, whose been coaching in Arkansas, will coach the offensive line in Athens. That’s another nod to a run-first philosophy that the Bulldogs may been planning to employ.

Glenn Schumann, who coached under Smart at Alabama, will take on a still-undefined role on the defensive side of the ball.

With Smart still coaching the Alabama defense while recruiting as Georgia’s new head coach, he hasn’t had time to fully round out his staff. It will be interesting to see if he decides to call his own defensive plays, and who he hires to be the strength and conditioning coach.

MISSOURI

After a season of turmoil, perhaps the most important thing for Missouri was a little dose of stability. Odom, a Mizzou alum that coached under Pinkel, provides that.

In keeping with that theme, he’s selected a former teammate, DeMontie Cross, as his defensive coordinator. Cross spent this season as a co-defensive coordinator under Gary Patterson — one of the best defensive minds in the game — at TCU.

Southern Cal’s defensive line coach Chris Wilson, who also has SEC experience at Mississippi State and Georgia, has been brought in to coach the Tiger defensive front. Wilson, like Odom, favors a 3-4 alignment, and the two should mesh together well.

The team needs a quick fix on the other side of the ball, and Odom is hoping that former Oklahoma quarterback and offensive coordinator Josh Heupel can provide it as the new OC in Columbia.

Heupel was fired from his alma mater after the 2014 season, and spent this season directing the Utah State offense, which finished 91st nationally in total offense. In fairness, injuries at the skill positions hampered his efforts in Logan.

Andy Hill and Cornell Ford will be holdovers from Pinkel’s staff, and both play a key role in recruiting — particularly with in-state prospects. Their exact roles on Odom’s staff have not yet been made clear, but keeping them on hand is yet another nod to continuity within the program.