Will Muschamp is owed a lot of money by the gamecock program. He is thought of highly on the defensive coordinator front.
Will Muschamp has turned down an opportunity to return to Texas as its defensive coordinator, sources told CBS Sports.
Muschamp was fired a tSouth Carolinain November after posting a 28-30 record in five seasons as coach. His connection to Texas comes from spending three seasons as the defensive coordinator under Mack Brown at Texas from 2008-10. Muschamp was named Brown's successor as the Longhorns' coach-in-waiting back in November 2008. That never came to pass as he ended up taking over at Florida as the head coach. South Carolina is on the hook for 15 million dollars for Muschamp's buyout.