South Carolina fires Will Muschamp
Following a rough 2-5 start to the season, which included allowing a combined 159 points in the Gamecocks’ three most recent games, Will Muschamp won’t be around to see Year 6 in Columbia.
On Sunday, South Carolina made the decision to move on from the Muschamp era, according to Mike Uva of WACH FOX 57. The school later confirmed the news.
“After a thorough assessment of our football program, we have decided to make a change with the head football coach,” said South Carolina AD Ray Tanner in a released statement. “I appreciate all that Will Muschamp has done for our program and wish him and his family the best moving forward. I believe our program will be well served by Coach Bobo as the interim head coach as we search for a new leader for Gamecock Football.”
Muschamp finishes his South Carolina coaching career with an overall record of 28-30 and an SEC record of 17-22 in Columbia. Prior to landing the South Carolina job, Muschamp had an overall record of 28-21 at Florida, meaning his overall coaching mark is now 56-51.
A dreadful three-game streak appears to have been enough for South Carolina. Gamecocks opponents scored 48 points or more in each of the last three games, a tough pill to swallow with Muschamp’s background as a defensive coordinator. The losing skid started on Oct. 24 with a 52-24 loss at LSU with the Tigers freshman quarterback making his first start. On Nov. 7, Texas A&M defeated South Carolina 48-3 in Columbia. South Carolina dropped a 59-42 shootout to Ole Miss in Oxford on Saturday night.
The Gamecocks are now 2-5 heading into a Week 9 matchup against Missouri.
Muschamp was fired during his fourth season at Florida in 2014. Before taking the South Carolina head coaching job he returned to Auburn to be Gus Malzahn’s defensive coordinator for the 2015 season.
This is surprising only for the money involved. He’s just not a HC.
Yeah but how much would you loose on the recruiting trail? I’d like to know why SC hired him in the first place. If he couldn’t succeed at Florida why did they think he would do well at SC.
Because his agent Jimmy Sexton is the GOAT and can sell ice to Eskimos.
Add ray Tanner being completely oblivious as an AD.
That’s a lot of money for boosters to eat.
The booster money came primarily from Joe Rice, the guy who also funded the $50 million Football Operations Center.
I don’t like Muschamp, I was against his hire from day 1. BUT I will give him credit for getting the booster money to build top of the line facilities.
UNC is a strong possibility to reunite with Mack Brown.
From his time at Auburn, I’d say he wasn’t much of an assistant coach either.
He kind of reminds me of Pelini. There was a time he was a good DC, but that time has passed. Muschamp’s defense at Auburn was mediocre, and the same could be said of his defense at the end at Texas. If LSU fires Pelini, I have no interest in Muschamp coming back to LSU to replace him. He would be an upgrade, but not by much.
His main contribution that year at Auburn was to take one or two Gator recruits with him. Some over hyped D linemen who didn’t amount to much anyways, can’t remember his name
Question now is who picks him up as a DC?
Knowing our luck Kirby or Pruitt would pick him up and crush it.
I think he would be great for our defense, but my money is on home working for Saban next year.
Muschamp’s son is a walk-on at UGA. We’ve got a DC but it wouldn’t surprise me if Kirby finds a spot on the staff for Muschamp if Muschamp expresses interest in coaching at UGA.
They are friends and his son being there could be a factor…he played at Georgia too and would be a good position coach ass. head coach. The same thing is coming for Jeremy Pruitt at Tenn too…his buyout is even more I think or he would be gone. Fulmer didn’t see it coming this year and boosters aren’t happy with that Kentucky and Arkansas loss.
Great idea, have him go to Georgia as a QB coach. Perfect fit, you guys have trouble developing QBs and muschump has a reputation with QBs
NoCojones just proving again he is the #1 troll on this site. SDS should send him a trophy or something. Lol.
Champ is a good man and runs a clean program. How long at Uf was he cleaning up the mess Urban Meyer hade made. He also didn’t walk into a great situation at USC. I get he. Was paid a boat load of $ at both schools.Hopeful Champ gets a job as a DC at a major school. Don’t see him getting a HC job at a power 5 school after the result’s at UF and USC.
My money is on UNC. Follow behind Brown again and in a few years have one last shot at HC.
We don’t want him. Dan Lanning is much better!
@Bill, I think the jury is still debating on Lanning. He’s been good but the Bama/Florida games tell an inconsistent story against premier offenses. I get it, the UF game was full of injuries, but no excuses for the 2nd half against Bama. I can see Kirby bringing him in as a Defensive QC guy, cause he don’t need the money after robbing SC. BLPB’s take on UNC is interesting as they are now using DC by committee with Thigpen/Bateman. Haven’t exactly built a juggernaut D at Carolina, so Champ there could be interesting.
Following SCar’s recent trends, they’ll either hire Coach Zook or Coach Butterteeth. I’d rather have Zook than MacSharkelwain, at least Zook can recruit
I like Ron Zook a lot…but I just don’t think he’s a head coach. Not even sure if he’s still coaching.
Maybe we back the brinks truck up to Cousin Eddie, you never know, lol
But butterteeth brought us Trask.
Bye, bye, Mush. You conned another school out of millions and left a burning sack of feces on their doorstep. Maybe you can hang out with your good buddy Pat Dooley and tell him all about how you just needed more time while you eat Moonpies together.
He is one of those guys that is just better suited to be a coordinator rather than a head coach. He’s rich so this firing won’t hurt his family.
He was not good defensive coordinator for Texas and Auburn.
Interesting. Should be at least a few Coachs to consider as replacement but don’t see Freeze. I didn’t think any coach would fired because Covid.
The ‘unofficial’ list that has been spoken about has a few names
This is in no particular order
Shane Beamer
Joe Brady
Jamey Chadwell
Sleezy Freezy
Will Healy
Billy Napier
Sark
I think the AD realizes he needs to make a homerun hire here since he tied his wagon to boom back in 2015
I would definitely give Sarkisian a look…the guy knows offense. He would just need a good Defensive Coordinator.
Sarkisian did not do well as the Falcons coordinator. Maybe he just wasn’t suited for the NFL game. A lot of coaches, including Saban and Spurrier, just couldn’t make the jump.
From the University Football website..
‘Our search for a new head football coach begins today, and I have every confidence that Coach Tanner will find the right person to lead our program,” added Caslen.’
Tanner does need to be part of this. He needs to go also.
Tanner might be genuinely mentally damaged.
South Carolina could have saved 2.1 million if they fired Will Muschamp after the season ended, lmao.
I see your point…maybe trying to get a head start on available coaches…I have a feeling this isn’t the first one gone in the SEC.
If Dan Lanning leaves I could see Kirby at least talking to him. But that is big “if”. Seems for now Lanning is happy in Athens. I wish he wouldn’t have eaten the hedges last year.
From the State: Muschamp was not a widely popular choice, having not found success at Florida across four years. He managed to earn a lucrative extension at USC after winning 15 games his first two years.
And Tanner hired him anyway
Will Muschamp: Making Millions for Being Fired since 2014
I really didn’t think any coach would be fired this year due to the loss of revenue and just virus weirdness. WRONG!!!!!!!
I would think they would look for an offensive guy to be coach as the defensive coach didn’t work so well. I wonder if he will be the only one, or only the first. Time will tell.
DVH, seems our own “defensive guru” is having some struggles…
NAH NAH NAH NAH HEY HEY GOODBYE
If I was coach boom I would take year off down around gulf shores, destin, maybe Biloxi and do some serious fishing in gulf.
Yeah with a 13m or whatever buyout he can do that permanently. His career earnings are ridiculous for his level of coaching talent. But these guys are driven and can’t sit around doing nothing. He’ll be coaching somewhere. Could be UGA since his son is on the team.
Maybe now he’ll be content to be a DC. It’s what he’s good at.
Yeah, I guess thats why the Coots got almost 150 points hung on them in the past 3 games. He’s not a DC, quite honestly, he’s a #laughingstock
I believe I would pay good money to see you say that to his face.
Why? Does saying it to his face make it more true than saying it on here?
B1tch Jones lol
I think Muschamp is laughing all the way to bank. With a new 14m check to deposit. Are you depositing anything other than your McDonald’s paycheck?
Just wanted to let you know your mama sure did care about your schoolin’, son.
Maybe they wanted to get a jump on Hugh Freeze
I think you are right, esp since his name is popping up at every possible open job
I think the jump was on the process, not necessarily Freeze.
Fun Muschamp facts:
-0-4 against Clemson, no game within 20 points
-Career HC Record: 9 Years, 56-51, .523 Win%
-3 out of 5 seasons with losing records
-2 weeks ranked in 4 1/2 seasons
-Will have collected roughly $21 million in buyout money from Florida and South Carolina
He is gone now. No reason to pile on unless you want some sort of punishment. Wish him well and move on.
Son, Those are facts, not name calling.
I heard they were talking to chad Morris from Auburn since he has did so good with there offense
Tried to a lot of USC fans on here and very few agreed that he wasn’t good. Let’s see if USCjr goes after another UF coach
Finally some good news for a change. Chump has set us back 10 years!!! We are where we were with Sparky Woods.
Maybe you guys can bribe Spurrier out of retirement so he can quit on you again.
Yeah, we have a better chance at winning with Spurrier than you do finding a quarterback this year.
Ehhh I’d say say it’s even at 0%
Didn’t mean that as a dig at USC but at Spurrier. I couldn’t believe he quit mid season that year. Lost a lot of respect for the Old Ball Coach when he did that.
Where were you going before?
Ben7254 ….why are you here? Shouldn’t you be doing homework ?
Huh? Are you trying to insult me? Because if so that was awful
5* QB Gunner Stockton committed already. Ties to Bobo when he was at UGA and Connor Shaw’s brother coaches him at Rabun Co. Doubt he backs off but will be interesting to see if Bobo sticks around next year to keep him on the hook. 5* QB’s at USCe is a big deal.
5 star anything is a big deal anywhere but Bama and Georgia. They should ask him if he approves of the new coach before they hire him lol
Yeah but for different reasons, at Bama a 5 star is expected and does very well. At Georgia a 5 star has a 50% chance of hitting the portal within one year
Lol true
Remedy when he was the coach in waiting at Texas? That’s when his stock went up. Hard to believe he was the most sought after coach
As long as Georgia, Clemson and a resurgent Florida still play football, Carolina will never attract a great head coach. Fact are facts, Carolina cannot get the recruits. They may get a 5 star once in awhile, but that’s crumbs compared to the those other three programs.
Throw in Auburn, LSU, Bama, and Texas A&M once in a while and it’s tough sledding
That’s how Spurrier turned USCe around and had three 11 win seasons. He kept the Lattimore and Clowney types in-state instead of seeing them go to UGA, Bama or FL. Muschamp landed Jordan Burch (5* DE) & 5* (DE) Zacch Pickens, both defensive players FWIW.
2005 Prince Miller DB Georgia
2006 Malcolm Long QB South Carolina State
2007 Richard Mounce QB Clemson
2008 Stephon Gilmore CB South Carolina
2009 Marcus Lattimore RB South Carolina
2010 Jadeveon Clowney DE South Carolina
2011 Shaq Roland WR South Carolina
2012 Tramel Terry WR Georgia
2013 Jacob Park QB Georgia
2014 Matthew Colburn RB Wake Forest
2015 Tavien Feaster RB Clemson/South Carolina
2016 Gage Moloney QB James Madison
2017 Dakereon Joyner QB South Carolina
2018 Zacch Pickens DE South Carolina
2019 Luke Doty QB South Carolina
Will muschamp? FIRED?! NO WAY! Who could’ve seen this coming LOL
Since USCe likes UF coaches, can we interest you in 1. Mr Todd Grantham?
No thanks. Todd has been passed around the SEC more thank a can of hairspray at the Miss Florida contest.
One thing he did do was leave the next HC with talent, more so than Spurrier. Interested to see what Bobo can do for the remainder of the season.
The Lane Train needs a DC.
Guy will be a great DCoord for just about anybody, look forward to seeing who takes a chance on him. I firmly believe had he taken a smaller bite, say a MAC sized school, Muschamp would have been very successful. He’s too ambitious, and teams, for whatever reasons, bought in on his potential. He is yet to deliver… Either way, he is a 100000000000x better coach than McElwain, Mr. PrettyNeat. Muschamp fixed the culture at UF, post clown show Urban, something he wasn’t given enough credit for. Hope he lands well. Never gonna happen, but I’d swap Grantham for Muschamp yesterday.
This guy gets it. I’m grateful for Muschamp’s efforts and wishes him the best moving forward.
Who knew when he said this that he was referring to his own fanbase:
“It’s great to see all these people out here getting disappointed. I love it,” Muschamp said ….Turns out, Karma can be a real beeyotch…!!
Muschamp always seemed to be a classless guy. Gamecock fans deserve better. Good luck with your coaching search.
Pump the brakes kid, he still owns TN, facts.