South Carolina finally has its defensive line coach.
The team and Will Muschamp officially hired Arkansas defensive tackles coach John Scott Jr. to replace Lance Thompson as the schools board of trustees approved his contract on Tuesday morning. The Greer, S.C. native also spent time with the New York Jets. He will earn $435,000 annually, and his contract runs through May 31, 2020.
Thompson was one of Muschamp’s original hires, but was not kept on this offseason.
Scott’s career took him to Texas Tech, Georgia Southern, Missouri State, Norfolk State and his alma mater, Western Carolina, coaching either defensive line or outside linebackers and was a graduate assistant at Louisiana-Lafayette.