The South Carolina Gamecocks are a rising power in the SEC East, and while they still have to prove they can beat Georgia, coach Will Muschamp has them moving in the right direction.

During a celebrity basketball game on Friday, a number of former Gamecock greats were back in town, and GamecockCentral.com asked them to weigh in on Muschamp’s first two years at the helm of the South Carolina program.

Pharoh Cooper, a current Los Angeles Rams receiver and return man who made the Pro Bowl in 2017, said he likes the new attitude the Gamecocks have:

“I love his energy. I love what he brings, his competitiveness. He installed that discipline into those guys, something we weren’t all about when I was in college,” Cooper said. “I like the attitude he installed in those players.”

Melvin Ingram, a Pro Bowl defensive end for the Los Angeles Chargers, echoed Cooper’s praise, crediting Muschamp for doing a great job overall:

“Everything about him,” Ingram said about what impresses him about Muschamp. “From the way he handles his player to everything. It’s super dope.”

Expectations will be high in Columbia this season, so the pressure will be on Muschamp to lead the Gamecocks to another great record. He has plenty of fans in the former of Gamecock legends, though.