When spring practice rolls around, it wouldn't bother Will Muschamp a bit if Steve Spurrier rides his golf cart around the Proving Grounds and makes his presence felt around this year's team.
After all, he's the one that developed the program into a national power and is responsible for many firsts during his reign. Spurrier's impact is long-lasting and Muschamp has been clear on his involvement in the future.
"He’s still got a locker in the lockerroom for him when he wants to work out," Muschamp said during a recent media availability, according to the Greenville News. "I think it is really important to have he and Jerri (Spurrier) are involved. A lot of these kids came here because of him. I know her involvement at practice and all that. That’s awesome to me.
“For them to be involved is important because I think you always, as a coach, need to embrace the tradition and the history of the program and they have a huge, prominent part in our program and always will. I think it is important for them to be around.”
Spurrier announced his abrupt resignation in October when it was clear the program was heading in the wrong direction, he says. It was time to step aside and give way to a new regime instead of finishing out the stretch.
"I was the best coach for this job 11 years ago, but I'm not today," Spurrier said at the time of his departure.
Spurrier has always been fond of Muschamp and the feeling is mutual says South Carolina's new head coach.
After all, he's the one that developed the program into a national power and is responsible for many firsts during his reign. Spurrier's impact is long-lasting and Muschamp has been clear on his involvement in the future.
"He’s still got a locker in the lockerroom for him when he wants to work out," Muschamp said during a recent media availability, according to the Greenville News. "I think it is really important to have he and Jerri (Spurrier) are involved. A lot of these kids came here because of him. I know her involvement at practice and all that. That’s awesome to me.
“For them to be involved is important because I think you always, as a coach, need to embrace the tradition and the history of the program and they have a huge, prominent part in our program and always will. I think it is important for them to be around.”
Spurrier announced his abrupt resignation in October when it was clear the program was heading in the wrong direction, he says. It was time to step aside and give way to a new regime instead of finishing out the stretch.
"I was the best coach for this job 11 years ago, but I'm not today," Spurrier said at the time of his departure.
Spurrier has always been fond of Muschamp and the feeling is mutual says South Carolina's new head coach.
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