Longhorns Daily News: Texas DC Will Muschamp’s family sealed the deal on his return
ATLANTA, GEORGIA - DECEMBER 2: Co-Defensive Coordinator Will Muschamp of the Georgia Bulldog looks on prior to the SEC Championship game against the Alabama Crimson Tide at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on December 2, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images) | Getty Images You can send presidents of universities, athletic administrators, boosters, fellow coaches, or otherwise to a desired coaching hire’s home, but clearly, in the case of newly re-hired Texas defensive coordinator Will Muschamp, it was family that sealed the deal on his contract to return to for another Austin tenure. In speaking with media last week, Muschamp told a story of a conversation with his family.
“I asked my wife, Carol, I said, ‘Coach Sarkisian just called, ‘Thought about going back to Texas? ’ She said, ‘I’ll go tomorrow,'” Muschamp told the media on Thursday. “My oldest son, Jackson, said, ‘Dad, there’s only one Texas, you’ve got to do this.
,’” Muschamp recalled, according to KVUE. "I told my wife Carol, Coach Sarkisian is calling about going back to Texas, she said I'll go tomorrow. " Coach Muschamp on how happy he is to be back on the forty… #Texas | #Hookem pic.
twitter. com/liVsd34NTL — anne-parker coleman (@anneparkercole1) April 10, 2026 Wise folk, in our opinion. Beats living in Athens, Georgia, at the very least.
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