Report: Will Muschamp, South Carolina hire familiar name for new offensive coordinator
South Carolina is hiring former Colorado State head coach Mike Bobo as its new offensive coordinator, per the PostandCourier.com.
The report states that “barring a last minute change of heart” Bobo will join Will Muschamp’s staff in Columbia. Muschamp is obviously very familiar with Bobo, as the two played together at the University of Georgia.
Bobo was previously the Georgia offensive coordinator before leaving for the Colorado State job in 2015. He recently stepped down from the position, and it appears he’s returning to the SEC with his former teammate. Bobo had the reigns of Georgia’s offense under Mark Richt from 2007-14. He previously just coached the quarterbacks for the Bulldogs from 2001-06.
As the former head coach of the Rams, he compiled a disappointing 28-35 overall record.
Bobo’s also expected to coach the quarterbacks in addition to coordinating the offense, per the report. Georgia greats such as Aaron Murray, Matthew Stafford and David Greene all played in Bobo’s offense in Athens. That’s obviously great news for Ryan Hilinski, as he’ll be entering his sophomore season.
Former South Carolina offensive coordinator Bryan McClendon remains on staff coaching the wide receivers.
South Carolina’s Board of Trustees is expected to approve Bobo’s contract Tuesday.
Good hire for USC. Atleast Muschamp made some changes, Derek Mason is a bafoon inadequate Head Coach because he has not made one change after being last in the SEC in offense and defense. Both sides of the ball were among worse in the nation! What a clown.
Darn it was hoping we could get him. But good move for Muschamp. He probably thought it would be awkward to come back to UGA especially with him and Kirby being best friends. Also fact that there is actual opening there.
Well now I know UGA is stuck with Coley another year…the Usc qb will improve alot next yr…
Good hire for Carolina, sucks for UGA another year of old man football coming up.
If Coley stays I would like to see what he can do with all weapons. All year was with no receivers. None except Cager. Simmons is terrible. Landers can’t catch. Wolfe new and is gone next year. Woerner should have played fullback. Blaylock true freshman. Bush injured Pickens raw but rookie.
Coley will do same thing he did this yr…he will Suck
Yeah. I think the nation was expecting huge things from the UGA offense this year. The Oline was regarded top 3 preseason. Kirby OC experiment fail short.
Also Robertson complete disappointment. All the time I listened to dawgnation about Robertson was wasted. How can so many be so wrong?
For USC and Bobo’s sake, I hope he told Muschamp that he wants full control of the offense
One way or the other this cluster fck is over next year. Better win 9 games or to the unemployment line. Sorry for not jumping for joy for yet another Muschump hire that’s gonna fail. But at least he will gone and we get a proper head coach.
Muschamp will continue to screw it up. It is what he does. We will be shed of him after next season.
Wow… at least your expectations are legit… Most Ga fans go nuts win we don’t win it all even though we have 11 wins…hate to say it but maybe USC fans see the real football instead of fantasy expectations…120 teams and one wins it all.. being in the top 5% is pretty dang good
USC is just an occasional upset team. They will never be an Alabama or Georgia. Never an elite program.
Doesn’t mean we can’t reach the heights we hit under Spurrier if everything breaks our way (which it clearly hasn’t so far under Muschamp, but crazier things have happened in this sport)
If Clemson a school in a bloody cow pasture built by slaving owning clansman can rise to the top any school has a chance.
Sc fans should be very happy with Muschamp and Bobo. Defense and offense. 2 experts who can focus on what they do best should equal a promising future. I suggest you embrace it.
Great. Another loser brought in by the biggest loser head coach. Maybe by some miracle when Muschamp wins 2 games next season (and that’s being generous) the BOD and Caslan will grow a pair of balls and fire this train wreck.
I believe this to be a positive move but we won’t see any additional wins however. We lose our starting running backs and best wide receiver to graduation and the most effective “D” players as well. I hope Bobo can recruit.
Got a 4/5 star RB and 2 4 star WR’s coming I. The talent wont be a problem the question is does OrTre get fully healthy , does Josh Vann take that next step, can Shi be “The Guy” and of course who steps up on the Defensive line now that Kinlaw has moved on.
Again, I totally agree with BlackandGarnet’s assessment. The talent is no hurdle for 2020.
Also, I hope that Muschamp’s savvy replacement of the strength & conditioning coach reaps more healthy players finally!
And while playing Clemson, UGA and AT LSU and AT Florida and Texas A & M is no piece of cake–I am hoping for a surprise season.
No one in their right mind would complain about the improvement Muschamp got out of the sorry 3-9 program in the FIRST two years…
It’s a good time for him to lift the program again.
My only fear with Bobo is his how he will work without an elite roster in the SEC. Sure CSU put up numbers in that conference, and people will say he did more with less out there. But he wans’t going against SEC caliber defenses. At USC he’ll have to do more with less and I’m worried. I know he averaged 40 points a game with UGA one year but that was an elite squad. Will he be better than BMac? Likely, given the fact that he has a wealth of experience. But how will he do with THIS roster next year. That is my concern.
The Offense has talent
Being predictable makes it hard to be productive
Yes, but where has the development been?
I think it comes down to play calling being the problem but talent wise I think we are better off then alot of other teams the offensive weapons we have coming I this year really excite me as well real opportunity to be special but I hope that we have another qb competition this off season Ryan hasnt shown me enough to give him the starting job and I believe Doty and Joyner are talented enough to push for the starting position
He will do better than Bmac, IF Muschamp does not screw things up and mind his own side of the ball.
ok. Stand corrected. trying to be positve but oh well.
I would trade ya Coley and Fromm for Bobo and Hilinski…I can’t say much for Chump…but the Usc offense will be better and Hilinski will be much better next yr…
A better OC will bring Fromm back to what he was the past 2 years. Coley killed him. If he comes back Fromm should leave.
Funny how one hire can piss off both SC and UGA fans.
Yeah that is funny. Thought it was a good hire myself. UGA stuck with coley and possibly losing Pittman. Not such a great weekend for em.
Why do you make a moronic statement? UGA fans are not mad at USC hire.
Look around you. Most of these Dawg fans were clamoring for Bobo to come back. With that in mind…
Why do you “make a moronic statement”?
Georgia fans never had anything good to say about Bobo when he was their coordinator. But that’s not really a reflection on whether he did a good job.
Well I thought those UGA fans were idiots…Bobo done a great job while at UGA…and those who wanted Bobo gone..are the same morons who thought Schotty and Coley were going to be great… well they got what they wanted…. sometimes ya don’t miss a good thing till it’s gone…Bobo was not the problem at UGA…but Usc fans don’t worry he probably won’t be there long…Chump will get the axe next year…then they’ll both be looking for another job…
I loved Bobo. We had some awful defenses when he was OC. Can’t win shootouts every week.
I agree, most of my UGA friends always complained he was predictable.
Interesting. SC may have more coaches with a UGA connection than Georgia does. I would like to see Bobo back as OB, but…
I’m not so sure it would be a good thing. If it didn’t work out, of if the offense was decimated with injuries (like this year) and struggled how would Smart handle it when his OC is also his best friend?
Good hire for USCjr. Bobo will make Hilinski better and improve the offense. Kirby needs to figure out a replacement for Coley. If he comes back another year it’s hard not to imagine more of the same struggles we had this year.
Not so sure Ryan hilinski is just going to out right when the starting job at the beginning of the season. New offensive coordinator, Ryan didn’t do a stellar job last year, Joyners talented and looked better the more he got out there , or Luke Doty could just step on campus and be a Star you never know but I’m not so sure that Ryan will be the starting quarterback moving forward
win the job***
Stupid talk to text…
I think that “Barring a last minute change of heart” is a direct message to UGA saying, hey, change my heart.
I agree. I hope they are listening
I have mixed feeling about Bobo. I know a lot of UGA fans wanted him back but right now we need someone to run a 2020 offense at UGA. Bobo was great around the turn of the decade but is his style outdated at this point?
He would absolutely be an improvement. Dude can develop Qbs. I understand the desire to completely revamp the offense but I think we just need tweaks. Some creative play calling and better QB and WR development would go a long way.
Good hire for SC. Was hoping he’d come home.
Let’s imagine a world where in 2020, Joe Burrow is back as QB at LSU. But he loses his top 5 receivers, has a new OC, and then his top receiver battles injuries all year and his next two top targets are true freshman.
Does the LSU offense look better or worse in 2020 than 2019?
Will Muschamp just barely missed competing for an NC at Florida in 2012. The Gators went 11-2. He’s a great recruiter and a great defensive coach. His two weaknesses have consistently been strength and conditioning (unusually high injury rates) and enforcing conservative offensive play calling.
He’s finally parted ways with Jeff Dillman (who was his S&C guy at Florida too) and he’s bringing in Mike Bobo, who played QB in college and knows what he’s doing as an OC. If I were a Gamecock fan, I’d be optimistic.
The one subject in most of these posts concerning Mike Bobo as the new Offensive Coordinator seems to be…”Will certainly will screw it up”. I wonder if Bobo told him this…”I call the plays, period” ? Yes, the South Carolina Head Coach trusts no one, and micro-manages every aspect of the game, which does not ever work. Even Dabo Swinney finally learned that, and he’s definitely not the “sharpest too in the shed” right ?