Will Muschamp names the former South Carolina players he'd most like to coach
Last week, Georgia coach Kirby Smart was asked which former Bulldog he’d most want to coach.
He took that opportunity to take a jab at South Carolina coach Will Muschamp — his friend and former teammate — by choosing him.
On Thursday, Muschamp laughed at Smart’s good-natured ribbing and was asked the same question.
Not being able to choose Smart, obviously, Muschamp took the question a little more seriously, naming one offensive and one defensive ex-Gamecocks star, according to 247Sports:
“I’d probably take, on offense, Marcus Lattimore,” Muschamp said. “I have great respect for him, not just as a player but as a person and how he carries himself and how he affected everybody in the great run there winning the East that year.”
Defensively, he chose a former No. 1 overall pick, who he said he wishes could come back to college for his final year of action:
“Obviously Jadeveon Clowney,” Muschamp said. “I wish we had that year of eligibility.”
Putting Lattimore and Clowney on this fall’s Gamecocks’ squad would certainly give them a big boost in the SEC East. In fact, it might even make them the favorites to win the division.
Unfortunately, Muschamp won’t get to coach those guys in 2017 — though the team he does get to coach has plenty of talent on it already.