Will Texas coach Will Muschamp be wearing the wrong orange for the wrong UT next year?
Update: Will Muschamp says he didn’t interview with anyone and he’s happy at Texas. More info. (10:31 pm)
Wow. The college football coaching dominoes fall fast.
Saturday word broke that the Seattle Seahawks would hire USC’s Pete Carroll as their new head coach. Yesterday evening, instead of hiring Jeff Fisher or Jack Del Rio the Trojans bring in the obnoxious controversial Lane Kiffin after only one year at Tennessee. That started “riots” in Knoxville.
Are riots in Austin next?
According to Volquest.com, Texas defensive coordinator [tag]Will Muschamp[/tag] is at the top of Tennessee’s wishlist and they have reportedly already offered him the position. Muschamp is one of the two highest paid coordinators in the country and has been named Texas’ head coach-in-waiting, but head coach [tag]Mack Brown[/tag] just signed another contract extension and looks like he could be at Texas for several more seasons. Muschamp also does not have a buyout in his contract, meaning it would cost Tennessee nothing beyond his salary to get him out of Austin.
Muschamp has repeatedly stated that how much he loves Texas and loves Austin and that he intends to stay the defensive coordinator for the Longhorns until it’s his turn. But things change. Is the opportunity to be the head coach of an SEC power too good to pass up?
Both Geoff Ketchum of Orangebloods.com and the Statesman’s Suzanne Halliburton have reported last night and this morning that every source at Texas they talk to says Muschamp is saying. The one person no one has talked to is Muschamp himself.
I don’t expect the Muschamp rumors to last past today, this thing is going to go down fast. Either the school will make an announcement he’s staying (and probably a raise) or we’ll find out he’s gone. We’ll have more news when we hear it.
Update: InsideTexas.com now also reporting more sources saying Muschamp will turn down the Vols. (10:54 am)
Update: News has taken a turn for the worse. Seems once confident sources are now unsure what is going to happen. (4:40 pm)
Update: Will Muschamp flew to Knoxville this morning to meet with Tennessee. He reportedly turns down a $3 mil offer. More info. (8:30 pm)
Update: Finally. Will Muschamp says he’s happy and he’s staying at Texas. (10:31 pm)
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JL Todd
January 13th, 2010 at 12:30 pm
If Muschamp is not accepting the Vol head coaching position, then why not come out and make an emphatic statement indicating same? It seems like the silence is not necessarily good for the Horns.
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Brian
January 13th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
@JL Todd: Unofficially they’ve been pretty emphatic. Rumor is they’re working on new contract with Will so that would slow down an official announcement. I wonder if we’ll hear any official succession plans or timing for Mack to step down.
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Muschamp flies to Knoxville, meets with Tennessee » 40 Acres Sports
January 13th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
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McNUTT Comedy
January 14th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vEqyLMwTck Check out this UT Vol fan losing it when he finds out kiffin resigns