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College Football: 10 coaches on the hot seat entering 2019 season

By Dante Pryor

LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 24: A banner towed by an airplane is seen above Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum asking Lynn Swann, USC's athletic director, to fire current head coach Clay Helton prior to the start of a college football game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the USC Trojans on November 24, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 24: A banner towed by an airplane is seen above Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum asking Lynn Swann, USC's athletic director, to fire current head coach Clay Helton prior to the start of a college football game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the USC Trojans on November 24, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) /
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COLUMBIA, SC – OCTOBER 22: South Carolina Gamecocks head football coach Will Muschamp hangs his head during a game against the Massachusetts Minutemen at Williams-Brice Stadium on October 22, 2016 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Photo by Mike Comer/Getty Images)
COLUMBIA, SC – OCTOBER 22: South Carolina Gamecocks head football coach Will Muschamp hangs his head during a game against the Massachusetts Minutemen at Williams-Brice Stadium on October 22, 2016 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Photo by Mike Comer/Getty Images) /

9. Will Muschamp, South Carolina

South Carolina has had its breakout season for the last two years. How long will the Gamecock faithful stay patient?

According to 247Sports, Paul Finebaum of the SEC Network doesn’t think Will Muschamp’s seat is very hot because they are blaming former coach Steve Spurrier for the recruiting hole they’re in. However, expectations have been high for the last two years and they have yielded disappointing results.

After a nine-win 2017, the 2018 campaign was supposed to be the year they contended in the SEC East. They had Jake Bentley who was supposed to be one of the better quarterbacks in the conference and wide receiver Deebo Samuel who was supposed to be one of the best wide outs in the conference. Some even picked them to beat Georgia in their conference opener. Not only did they get blown out at home, they didn’t look nearly as talented as the Bulldogs.

Book end that with a 28-0 trouncing at the hands of Virginia in the Belk Bowl and the fact that Muschamp has never beaten Kentucky (yes, in football) you have a seat that should be warmer than what it is.

They might be better, but so is the rest of the division. Florida is already a threat to Georgia in Dan Mullen’s second year, Tennessee might be a year or two away, but Jeremy Pruitt’s squad is a tough out, and Georgia is, well, Georgia.

Given the Gamecocks’ crossover divisional schedule (Alabama, Missouri and Texas A&M) they are going to have a hard time finding six wins this season. His assistants got extensions, so Ray Tanner and the South Carolina brass are all in on Muschamp’s regime, but another seven-win season and the regime might be under some heat.

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