The University of Texas has recently announced that their defensive coordinator, Will Muschamp, will be the successor of head coach Mack Brown once he retires.
Mack Brown, 57, has said he has no intention of leaving anytime soon as he has eight years remaining on his contract and hinted that he'd like to make a national title run before he leaves.
Will Muschamp is supposed to get his salary boosted to $900,000 come January. I'm sure that the University of Tennessee can offer a lot more than that. Muschamp seems to be staying at Texas for a while, but just ask Nick Saban, money can change minds pretty quickly.
Will Muschamp, 37, played safety at Georgia and was the defensive coordinator at Auburn before coming to Texas which gave people the idea that he might be the next head coach at Tennessee or maybe even back at Auburn.
I just love how intense he gets on the field, before becoming a head coach, he may want to cool down a little bit, but that's just his style.
If you decide to try to jump the snap, but end up jumping it too early and causing your defense five yards on an offsides call, he'll be in your face the second you come off of the field.
His ways have caused a lot of chatter, but that style could be what the Tennessee players need. Phillip Fulmer has always been the laid back kind of coach. He's been known to get his team pumped up during halftime, but Tennessee has played flat all year.
Texas was probably smart to offer him this position as the future head coach of Texas, because if it came too late, he may easily ended up at another school.
Will Muschamp has helped the Longhorns to a record of 113-26 in a career that's lasted over 10 years now. He's also led Texas to three Big 12 championship appearances, and a Big 12 title and national title back in 2005.
This announcment isn't expected to disrupt the coaching staff, who are preparing for their next game against Texas A&M.
"Will is the hot guy and they understand that," Brown said. "This is not an immediate issue. It just means he's staying and not leaving. You all [the media] are more excited about it than anybody else. We're all going back to work. At some point way in the future it will become a factor."
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Ryan Mudd 7 months ago
I agree money talks. I don't care what Texas says if somebody comes and offers him more money he'll jump any coach would do that.
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Dusty Floyd 7 months ago
Plus, I wouldn't want to wait around for Mack Brown to retire. Who knows how long that will be?
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Ryan Mudd 7 months ago
What he did was just gain a lot of leverage.
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Andrew Sable 7 months ago
yea when i heard about this it kind of puzzled me that Texas would hire the sucessor to Brown this early when he still has 8 years remaining on his contract. I'm sure that if money comes his way, he'll be quick to leave
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Dusty Floyd 7 months ago
Especially with how good of a coach he is. I don't know why he would want to be a defensive coordinator for 8+ years when he could be making more than double his money somewhere else.
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Andrew Sable 7 months ago
yea, i'm sure that will change somehow, oh by the way great article
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Dusty Floyd 7 months ago
maybe this one might be able to go on the school website. do you think you could show mr. donohue and see what he thinks?
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tim depalma 7 months ago
Will Muschamp has led the Longhorns to a record of 113-26 in a career that's lasted over 10 years now. He's also led Texas to three Big 12 championship appearances, and a Big 12 title and national title back in 2005. ???? Do you mean Mack Brown?????
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Dusty Floyd 7 months ago
Yeah that's basically what i meant. I'd rather have Will Muschamp as the head coach of Tennessee than Mack Brown though. No offense or anything, i just think that muschamp could turn out to be a great head coach.
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evan m 7 months ago
I'm pretty sure that they just didn't want him to go and interview at other schools during the bye weekend.
Even so, he says he likes living in Austin and I would tend to believe him. The Vols may not just need to beat $900,000 but blow it out of the water.
Looking at this from Muschamp's perspective, his ultimate goal is to become a successful head coach at one of the nation's top programs. If he goes with the Texas deal, he is basically guaranteed this in 4-8 years. His presence will benefit recruiting for what is already one of the best recruiting schools in the nation. Texas has one of the best funded football programs in the country. Also, the continuity this deal provides will help protect against any type of program meltdown.
The uncertainty comes in if he goes somewhere else. Can he build up a Tennessee or a Clemson to national prominence as quickly as Mack will retire? Maybe but maybe not. Even if he does, will the quality of his job be comparable to that of his would be Texas head coaching job (in terms of supporting staff, facilities and lifestyle)? Factor in the fact that he and his family would have to move and I think he has to take a really optimistic outlook on his ability to build a program to decide to go somewhere else.
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Clayton Martin 7 months ago
I was really really disappointed to hear this. He was my favorite choice. I just love his fire and passion.
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Dusty Floyd 7 months ago
that was the exact same situation for me. His fire is what we need to get our team back on track. I'm not going to put him off yet though.
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Andrew Sable 7 months ago
yea i'll show him your articles, and i'm sure we can throw one of them in there, they're defiently good enough
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Dusty Floyd 7 months ago
alright thanks, i can't wait for journalism next year.
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Andrew Sable 7 months ago
yea its a fun class
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