Will Muschamp
Defensive coordinator across 3 programs, 3 stints, before and after wearing the head-coach hat — every season measured on the same axis, whether he personally ran the unit or someone else did.
Will Muschamp
Followed Steve Spurrier. Will Muschamp held South Carolina at Power Program III for 5 seasons.
Career arc
His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.
Reached Blue Blood in his 1st career season — faster than 59% of the 100 FBS coaches who have ever reached Blue Blood (rank #1 of 100 by seasons-to-arrival).
Style position and drift
Where each stint’s offense sat between run-first and pass-first, and how far it moved from one season to the next. The band is that stint’s real season-to-season range, not a fixed-width box.
Season-to-season pass-rate range for all 258 FBS coaching stints with at least three covered seasons, 2014–2025.
The big-game ledger
How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.
2–12 against his rivals. Just 1–4 against Jimbo Fisher.
His own effect, isolated
A statistical estimate of this coach’s contribution to team performance, separated from that season’s roster talent, returning production, and his coordinators — pooled across his whole head-coaching career.
Model fit as of 2026-09-04.
Coaching career
3rd-best South Carolina tenure of 19 by the numbers.
Underperforms his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Followed Steve Spurrier (2005–2015) · succeeded by Shane Beamer (2021–2026).
| Season | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||
| Record | 6–7 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 2–5 | |
| Postseason | CFP loss | W bowl | CFP loss | — | — | |
| Recruiting rank | #25 | #21 | #18 | #17 | #18 | |
| Style — pass rate | ||||||
| Pass rate | 45.8 | 49.5 | 50.0 | 54.1 | 44.7 | |
| Coordinators | ||||||
| OC | Kurt Roper / Bryan McClendon | Kurt Roper / Bryan McClendon | Bryan McClendon | Bryan McClendon | Mike Bobo | |
| DC | Travaris Robinson | Travaris Robinson | Travaris Robinson | Travaris Robinson | Travaris Robinson | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | ||||||
| Offense | 32 | 32 | 61 | 12 | 44 | |
| Defense | 54 | 77 | 23 | 62 | 4 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | ||||||
| 1st-down pass% | 40.3 | 47.0 | 44.4 | 45.8 | 42.4 | |
| Red-zone pass% | 32.7 | 41.0 | 51.6 | 37.8 | 31.2 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | 32.7 | 26.8 | 43.8 | 30.2 | 28.6 | |
15 NFL Draft picks: Pharoh Cooper (2016), Brandon Shell (2016), Jerell Adams (2016), Hayden Hurst (2018), Deebo Samuel (2019), Rashad Fenton (2019), Dennis Daley (2019), Javon Kinlaw (2020) + 7 more
3rd-best Florida tenure of 22 by the numbers.
Followed Urban Meyer (2005–2010) · succeeded by Jim McElwain (2015–2017).
| Season | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||
| Record | 7–6 | 11–2 | 4–8 | 6–5 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | W bowl | |
| Recruiting rank | — | — | — | #9 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||||
| Pass rate | — | — | — | 38.5 | |
| Coordinators | |||||
| OC | — | — | — | Kurt Roper | |
| DC | — | — | — | D. J. Durkin | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||||
| Offense | — | — | — | 20 | |
| Defense | — | — | — | 98 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||||
| 1st-down pass% | — | — | — | 32.1 | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | — | — | 32.7 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | — | — | 23.9 | |
26 NFL Draft picks: Mike Pouncey (2011), Marcus Gilbert (2011), Ahmad Black (2011), Maurice Hurt (2011), Jaye Howard (2012), Chris Rainey (2012), Sharrif Floyd (2013), Matt Elam (2013) + 18 more