Former Georgia defensive back Will Muschamp joined Kirby Smart’s staff in January, 2021, as a senior analyst with the defense. He assumed an on-field role early in the 2021 season working with special teams, in addition to the defensive backfield, and was named Co-Defensive Coordinator in December, 2021.
 
He is part of a coaching staff that led the 15-0 Bulldogs to the 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship with a 65-7 victory over TCU in the title game following a semi-final win over Ohio State in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl semi-final, 42-41.  The Georgia defense finished the season ranked among the nation’s leaders in rushing defense (1st, 77.1), scoring defense (5th, 14.3 ppg), red zone defense (2nd, 0.676), and total defense (9th, 296.8 ypg).  The ‘Dogs defense also boasted two first team All-Americans in DL Jalen Carter and DB Chris Smith, Butkus finalist (Jamon Dumas-Johnson), Lombardi finalist (Carter), Nagurski finalist (Smith), and Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Award finalist (Malaki Starks).
 
The Rome, Ga., native had come full circle since he played safety at UGA from 1991-94. Along the way, Muschamp held coaching positions at all levels of college and professional football including head coaching posts at Florida and South Carolina.
 
In all, Muschamp has coached 38 defensive backs that have been taken in the NFL Draft -- 21 in the first three rounds -- including eight first-round selections, most recently Lewis Cine in 2022.
 
He got his start as a graduate assistant at Auburn in 1995-96 before taking defensive coaching positions at West Georgia (1998)) and Eastern Kentucky (1999). He moved to Division I in 2001 as a linebacker coach on Nick Saban’s staff at LSU before being promoted to defensive coordinator from 2002-04. The Tigers won the BCS National Championship in 2003.
 
He followed Saban to the Miami Dolphins as assistant head coach in 2005. In 2006 he was named defensive coordinator at Auburn, where he served until 2007. He was defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Texas from 2008-2010 before being named head coach at Florida in 2011. In 2015, Muschamp moved to Auburn as defensive coordinator, and in 2016 was named head coach at South Carolina, where he served through the 2020 season.
 
As a player at UGA, Muschamp was elected the defensive team captain as a senior in 1994 after his starting role as a strong safety. During his career, he played in 44 games and recorded 156 tackles and three interceptions. During his senior season he was teammates with both UGA head coach Kirby Smart and current UGA analyst Mike Bobo.
 
Muschamp and his wife Carol have two sons, Jackson and Whit.

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Birthdate:  August 3, 1971
Birthplace: Rome, Ga.
Family: Wife, Carol, two sons, Jackson and Whit.
High School: Darlington School
College: Georgia ’94 (BA, Speech Communications)
            Auburn ’96 (MA Adult Education)
Coaching Experience:
1995-96........................................... Georgia (Graduate Assistant)
1998............................. West Georgia College (Defensive Backs)
1999................................... Eastern Kentucky (Defensive Backs)
2000.............. Valdosta State (Defensive Coord./Defensive Backs)
2001............................................................... LSU (Linebackers)
2002-04.......................................... LSU (Defensive Coordinator)
2005............................... Miami Dolphins (Assistant Head Coach)
2006-07.................. Auburn (Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers)
2008-10..................... Texas (Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers)
2011-14...................................................... Florida (Head Coach)
2015.......................................... Auburn (Defensive Coordinator)
2016-20......................................... South Carolina (Head Coach)
2021............... Georgia (Defensive Analyst/Special Teams Coord.)
2022.......................................Georgia (Co-Defensive Coordinator)
 
Playing Experience:
2000-04.......................................................................... Georgia
Four year letterman (1991-92-93-94)…Defensive Captain in ’94.
Played in 44 games, recorded 156 tackles and 3 interceptions.