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Will Muschamp

2011-2020Florida, South Carolina

2 schools coached, anchored by South Carolina.

Will Muschamp's coaching record is 56-51, highlighted by seasons at South Carolina from 2011 to 2020.

Will Muschamp coached 9 seasons, won 52.3%, and posted an average SRS of 6.4. Best season: 2012 Florida. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.

Career record
56-51
Career win rate
52.3%
Average SRS
6.4
Peak SRS
20.7

Career Dossier

One glance at the full arc.

The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.

Seasons coached
9
Career span
10 years
Best finish
#9
Consistency
40.9

Primary school anchor

South Carolina

Defense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 85.6.

Quick Answers

Records fans search first

Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.

Compare Will Muschamp
Overall record
56-51

107 countable games, 52.3% win rate.

South Carolina record
28-30

5 countable seasons at South Carolina.

Full-season record
48-41

7 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.

Partial-season record
8-10

Rows where the coach-season record covers fewer games than the team's completed season.

Vs AP Top 25
6-25

31 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 10
4-13

17 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 5
2-10

12 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs Clemson
0-4

Palmetto Bowl games in this dataset.

Postseason / bowl record
2-3

5 scored postseason games in this dataset.

CFP record
0-0

0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.

National titles
0

Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.

Record definition and data status

Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.

Completed-game fallback uses scored games joined by coach, team, and season; advanced ratings are left blank when the season summary has not supplied them.

Latest completed coached game in this dataset: Dec 6, 2020. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.

Career Arc

Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.

Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.

Will Muschamp
EliteStrongAverageLean
Will Muschamp: 2016 South Carolina
2011Actual season year • SRS range -5.4 to 20.72020

Active comparison point

Will Muschamp2012

Selected

2012 Florida

Best seasonBiggest improvement

11-2 • SRS 20.7 • SP Overall 28.0

Win %

84.6%

YoY SRS

+12.7

SP Off / Def

32.2 / 6.6

Finish

#9

Comparison context

Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.

Ranked opponent record

Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.

Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

6-25

Games
31
Win rate
19.4%

Top 10

4-13

Games
17
Win rate
23.5%

Top 5

2-10

Games
12
Win rate
16.7%
View ranked game results31

Tenure map

Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

South Carolina

2016-20205 seasons

Avg SRS 2.2 • Win % 48.3%

Florida

2011-20144 seasons

Avg SRS 11.7 • Win % 57.1%

Longest tenure
South Carolina • 5 seasons
Best tenure
Florida • 11.7 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Florida • 57.1%

Style and Strength Profile

Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.

These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.

Overall Strength

Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.

Will Muschamp sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Will Muschamp sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Will Muschamp

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Raw avg SP Overall
10.0
Percentile
85th pct

Elite

Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.

Impact by school

See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.

South Carolina

2016-202028-30

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 2.2Win % 48.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.5 during vs 8.3 baseline

-1.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

4.1 during vs 11.8 baseline

-7.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

5.9 during vs 15.1 baseline

-9.2

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 60.0% baseline

-60.0%

Florida

2011-201428-21

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 11.7Win % 57.1%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.3 during vs 11.2 baseline

-3.9

Avg SRS

Higher is better

12.3 during vs 23.0 baseline

-10.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

17.2 during vs 27.4 baseline

-10.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

33.3% during vs 80.0% baseline

-46.7%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Florida 2012

11-2SRS 20.7

Biggest Improvement

Florida 2012

11-212.7 SRS

Best Offensive Season

South Carolina 2018

7-6SP Off 36.4

Best Defensive Season

Florida 2012

11-2SP Def 6.6

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

South Carolina 2020

2-5SRS -5.4

Biggest Drop

South Carolina 2016

6-7-12.4 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

South Carolina2020725028.6%-5.4-2.427.529.7-7.5-4.8%Partial season
South Carolina20191248033.3%2.14.823.420.8-7.6-20.5%Season summary
South Carolina20181376053.8%9.714.936.423.6+2.4-15.4%Season summary
South Carolina20171394069.2%7.37.828.419.7+10.1+23.1%Season summary
South Carolina20161367046.2%-2.8-4.022.727.5-12.4-8.4%Season summary
Florida20141165054.5%9.617.329.814.1+1.3+21.2%Partial season
Florida20131248033.3%#108.39.025.815.9-12.4-51.3%Season summary
Florida201213112084.6%#23#920.728.032.26.6+12.7+30.8%Season summary
Florida20111376053.8%#228.014.728.615.9Season summary

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