Will Muschamp Stepping Down from Florida

Florida Gators head coach Will Muschamp is out. The fourth-year head coach will step down at the end of the season after coaching the final two games of the year against Eastern Kentucky and Florida State, according to reports you can see here.

Muschamp was hired to replace Urban Meyer at the end of the 2010 season and had a disappointing 7-6 season his first year.

But after going 11-2 his second year, it seemed clear that he had the Gators developing and starting to play his style of football, and the future was bright with a great defense and Jeff Driskel at quarterback.

The pathetic offenses that haunted his teams his first two years, however, took on full form his third year and caused chaos, particularly when Driskel got hurt.

The Gators fell to 4-8 in 2013, their worst season since Charley Pell went 0-10-1 his first season there in 1979.

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And with Driskel back in 2013, there was at least hope Florida could turn it back around. But Driskel fell apart, lost his starting job, and the Gators managed to get embarrassed by Alabama, LSU, and Missouri.

A win over Georgia might have saved things, but after losing to South Carolina in overtime Saturday, there was no way Muschamp could return.

You have to worry about the future of the program, and Muschamp has had four years to make things right. Nothing has happened to prove that Florida could ever get back to winning championships.

Yes, he’s had some bad breaks, but this is Florida. It’s not just the lack of wins that are the reason he should be fired. Recruiting has now suffered as well.

Currently, Florida has the No. 72 ranked class in the country on Rivals. How can you sell an improving program when you’re not winning with Top 10 classes and now you’re about to have a class outside of the Top 70?

You can’t.

And with no future to look forward to, Muschamp had to go. Jeremy Foley gave him plenty of chances to keep his job. He failed consistently.

So now, he’s out the door.