Florida to sign Muschamp

[DJT]

AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas defensive coordinator Will Muschamp has accepted an offer to be the head coach at Florida, sources told ESPN.com's Mark Schlabach.

Muschamp, who just finished his third season at Texas, where he was the head-coach-in-waiting to succeed Mack Brown, replaces Urban Meyer at Florida.

The sources said Muschamp was the only person Florida interviewed.

Muschamp leaves one of the nation's premier programs for another. Between them, Texas and Florida have won three national championships since 2005.

But both teams fell on hard times this year. The Gators were 7-5 and Texas fell to 5-7 in Brown's first losing season with the Longhorns.

Meyer resigned Wednesday, citing family reasons. Meyer will coach the Gators in the Jan. 1 Outback Bowl against Penn State in Tampa.

The 46-year-old Meyer led the Gators to two national titles but briefly resigned last December, citing health concerns. He had been hospitalized with chest pains after the Gators lost to Alabama in last season's Southeastern Conference championship game.

Muschamp was one of top-earning assistants in the country with a $900,000 annual salary. His previous stints as an assistant coach include LSU and Auburn and the Miami Dolphins in the NFL.

Information from The Associated Press contributed to this report.

 

[elcheato]

I like how Tebow broke the story on twitter, thats hilarious lol

 

[DJT]

Twitter is amazing. I don't follow Tebow, so ESPN broke the news to me.

 

[Lake Louise]

Same here. I got my news from ESPN. Should be nice for Florida.

 

[Blake]

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-florida-muschamp

<Censored>ing awesome, I'm so pumped.

If Michigan fires Rich Rod hopefully we can swipe him up to come coordinate the offense.

 

[Blake]

Texas still boasted at top-10 defense this season.

 

[A.E]

Great hire for Florida...Muschamp is amazing at what he does. Probably one of the best known coordinators in all of football, coming from a top program, and he's a young guy. I like this way more than any high profile or ex-NFL head coach hire.

 

[Mooche]

FML.

The guy is a defensive genius. He is going to set this program on the right tracks..

Looks like Texas is going to need to regroup big time. Wow.

 

[JoshHoward5]

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-florida-muschamp

<Censored>ing awesome, I'm so pumped.

If Michigan fires Rich Rod hopefully we can swipe him up to come coordinate the offense.

I heard that Muschamp is bring Major Applewhite with him.

This makes me a very sad panda.

 

[cruzg24]

It sounds like this coaching hire was an excellent decision. Sounds good for the program after such a horrible year.