William Larry Muschamp

 William Larry Muschamp (born August 3, 1971) is an American college football coach and former player. On December 11, 2010, it was officially announced that he had accepted the head coach position for the Florida Gators football team that represents the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Muschamp previously served as the defensive coordinator for the Auburn Tigers, LSU Tigers and Texas Longhorns.
  Muschamp has gained a reputation both for his excellent defenses as well as his excited and fiery demeanor during games and practice.In his second season at Auburn, Muschamp was a finalist for the 2007 Broyles Award for the most outstanding assistant coach in college football.The University of Texas had previously announced that Muschamp would succeed Mack Brown as head coach of the Longhorns, though no timetable was ever set for him to take over the program.

  After graduating from Georgia, Muschamp became a graduate assistant coach at Auburn University, where he worked under defensive coordinators Wayne Hall and Bill Oliver in 1995 and 1996.He earned a master's degree in education degree from Auburn in 1996, then spent a season each at the University of West Georgia and Eastern Kentucky University as the position coach for the defensive secondary, before serving as the defensive coordinator at Valdosta State University in 2000.

  On January 3, 2008, Muschamp interviewed for the vacant co-defensive coordinator job for the University of Texas.The next day, he resigned from Auburn to accept the position with Texas. Muschamp was slated to receive a raise to $425,000 per year with a two year, no buyout, contract at Auburn for 2008 which would have made him the highest paid assistant coach in the SEC.Muschamp received a contract with a $425,000 annual salary at Texas, making him the highest paid assistant coach in the Big 12.

  The 2008 Texas Longhorn football team team entered the season ranked 10th in the USA Today Coaches Poll. They won their first four games to rise to number 5 in the national rankings. Texas began Big 12 Conference play on October 4, 2008 with a trip to Boulder, Colorado and a win over the Colorado Buffaloes. On October 11, 2008 they defeated the number-one ranked Oklahoma Sooners in the 103rd Red River Shootout.

  On November 18, 2008 The University of Texas announced that Will Muschamp would eventually succeed Mack Brown as head football coach. They agreed in principle to increase Muschamp’s salary to $900,000. There was no timetable set for Brown’s departure, and both Brown and UT said they expected Brown to stay a long time.59-year old Brown is under contract as head coach through 2016.Once Brown does retire, Muschamp would get a five-year contract as head coach.

  In announcing the move, the University of Texas noted, "Muschamp's Longhorn defense is leading the Big 12 in rushing defense (82.5 ypg/25th NCAA) and scoring defense (19.5 ppg/25th NCAA). UT ranks second nationally with four sacks per game. The Horns have held all of their Big 12 opponents below their season scoring average and limited six foes to 14 points or less."UT Athletics Director DeLoss Dodds said, "With the landscape in college football and all of the changes around the country, I've been looking at this for the last couple of years. When it's not working, you have to go outside and make changes. Things are going well here, it's working, so it's best to be prepared to build from inside and that's what we're doing. Mack has provided outstanding leadership and continues to elevate our football program to a level as high as anyone in the country. We hope he stays a long time and he will be our coach as long as he wants, but this assures us that when the time comes, we have the right guy to step up into that position and continue to build on the great things we're accomplishing."

  Prior to this announcement, Muschamp had been mentioned in association with head coaching job openings at Clemson, Tennessee, Washington, and Auburn.He had been planning an off-week interview with Clemson but as a result of this deal decided instead to wait his turn at Texas, saying, "This is a special place. I think it is 'the' elite job in the country."Austin American-Statesman columnist Kirk Bohls predicted this would be good for the program: "Muschamp's ascension conveys to fans and recruits that Texas values what it has now as one of the elite programs in the country and wants to maintain. This smart, bold move should bring coaching stability, sustained recruiting and possibly expanded recruiting into the Southeast and a continued framework for success."

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