William Lawrence Muschamp was born on August 3,1971 and is an American football coach and former player.
27 Facts About Will Muschamp
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Will Muschamp is the co-defensive coordinator, and safeties coach at the University of Georgia.
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Will Muschamp served as head football coach at the University of Florida from 2011 to 2014 and at the University of South Carolina from 2016 to 2020.
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Will Muschamp was born in Rome, Georgia but grew up in Gainesville, Florida.
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Will Muschamp attended Martha Manson Academy elementary school and Oak Hall High School in Gainesville.
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Will Muschamp's family returned to Rome when his father became the Lower School Principal at Darlington.
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Will Muschamp graduated from Darlington and during his tenure, played football, basketball, baseball, and ran track for the Darlington School Tigers.
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Will Muschamp walked on to the Georgia Bulldogs football team and played safety from 1991 to 1994.
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Will Muschamp was a defensive team captain his senior season, and played in two bowl games with the Bulldogs.
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Will Muschamp earned a master's degree in education from Auburn in 1996, then spent a season each at the University of West Georgia and Eastern Kentucky University as the defensive backs coach, before becoming the defensive coordinator at Valdosta State University in 2000.
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Will Muschamp joined Nick Saban's staff at LSU as the linebackers coach in 2001, before becoming the LSU defensive coordinator in 2002.
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That season Will Muschamp's defense led the nation in both scoring defense and total defense.
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Will Muschamp left LSU with Saban after the 2004 season to join the Miami Dolphins staff as the assistant head coach.
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On January 3,2008, Will Muschamp interviewed for the vacant co-defensive coordinator job for the University of Texas.
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Will 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.
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Will Muschamp received a contract with a $425,000 annual salary at Texas, making him the highest-paid assistant coach in the Big 12.
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On November 18,2008, the University of Texas announced Will Muschamp would succeed Brown whenever he retired.
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On December 11,2010, University of Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley named Will Muschamp to succeed Urban Meyer as the 23rd head coach of the Florida Gators football program.
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In 2011, Will Muschamp's Gators struggled on offense, ranking 98th in total offense and 83rd in passing offense.
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Will Muschamp's Gators lost to an FCS team, Georgia Southern, the first loss to a lower division team in the history of the program.
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On December 12,2014, a week after the end of the regular season, Will Muschamp became defensive coordinator for the Auburn Tigers.
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Will Muschamp agreed to a three-year deal with the Tigers that was worth between $1.6 million and $1.8 million annually.
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On December 6,2015, Will Muschamp was announced as the 34th head football coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks.
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On February 3,2021, Georgia head coach Kirby Smart announced that Will Muschamp had been hired as a defensive analyst.
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However, Will Muschamp assumed the mantle of special teams coordinator prior to the start of the 2021 season after Scott Cochran, the incumbent special teams coordinator, stepped away for health-related reasons.
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Will Muschamp won his second title with the Georgia coaching staff, and third overall, when they defeated TCU in the National Championship.
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Will Muschamp's son Jackson is a walk-on scout team quarterback for the Georgia Bulldogs.