It’s amazing how state schools that are supported by tax dollars are willing to spend that kind of money. Especially during the down turn in the economy with covid.
The buyout is more than likely being paid by the boosters
Most of the big state schools have AD department budgets that are separate from the rest of the school budget.
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! State tax money is not involved here, SC (along with just about every other state's) law forbids it. Some deep-pocketed alum/group of alums is putting up the $15M. That's one of the reasons it took UVa so long to get rid of Mike London. Athletics has to be funded by donors and the money has to be kept separate not only from the money the state gives to the school but also from the money donors to academics give to the school. The rules about which financial aid office-administered funds that can go to athletes is limited by the states (primarily Pell Grants) and closely watched by the NCAA (as a way to get around scholarship limits).
I agree with what you are saying, but I am also ok with that reality. What a horrible waste of money. 15m to someone who is not coaching your team seems scandalous to me. I often wonder how AD's who make these deals survive these mistakes. No question SU's donor pool will never come close to this, which is unfortunate, but that doesn't stop me from cringing when it happens. All I know is several $EC team have now paid Muschamp to go away, but, I will guess some other school will gladly sign him up.
His time as always being a HC may be over (at least for a while). If he gets a job at another high viz school it would probably be as a coordinator. He was the DC at Auburn between being the HC at Florida and SCAR. He'll probably go back to being a DC at two high viz schools before becoming the HC again, if he ever does.
He could get a G5 job pretty easily, if kansas opens they'd probably take him, another P5 job would be tough for him but he is a good DC, half our fan base would probably take him over dino atm
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It’s a Covid year but they couldn’t keep him after last night.
WowJones named Ark. St. coach, credits Bama 'clinic'
Former Tennessee coach Butch Jones, currently a special assistant to Alabama's Nick Saban, was named the next head coach at Arkansas State on Saturday.www.espn.com
We really screwed up by not investing in him and the program.
Funny how things work. P is on the sidelines coaching against HC Orgeron of LSU, who was on HC P’s staff at Syracuse.
Dang, wanted him to stay with ND then come here next year, looks like lance will get scooped up also. Not a whole lot of sexy names this year but I think it'll end up being a really good class of coaches hired
Next up Scott Shafer as DC at Vandy.
