Once upon a time, Will Muschamp was both the defensive coordinator and head coach-in-waiting at Texas, serving under Mack Brown with the understanding that he would inherit the Longhorns program when Brown stepped away. It was a largely fruitful, if brief, relationship; Texas went 12–1 and beat Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl in 2008–09, and won the Big 12 and made a trip to the BCS national championship the following year. The Longhorns slipped to 5–7 in 2010, and Muschamp jumped at a different head coaching opportunity at a top-flight program, replacing Urban Meyer at Florida.
Two rough SEC head coaching stints and a stint at his alma mater later, Muschamp is heading back to the 40 Acres, where he will replace Pete Kwiatkowski as the Longhorns’ defensive coordinator under Steve Sarkisian.
