Will Muschamp's move from his role as Auburn's defensive coordinator in 2015 to the head coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks in 2016 was one of the more shocking developments of the young offseason.
After all, Muschamp is only one year removed from his four-year stint at Florida in which he compiled a 17-15 conference record and left Gators head coach Jim McElwain with very few offensive pieces around which to build.
He inherits a Gamecocks program that sputtered to a 3-9 record in 2015, went just 7-6 in 2014 and regressed into an afterthought in the SEC East.