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Muschamp is implementing the Saban approach to support staff at SC (that Spurrier didn't do). Notice he hired VH3's sister:
https://coachingsearch.com/article?...s-at-least-one-major-change-at-South-Carolina
There’s at least one major change Steve Spurrier has noticed in the Will Muschamp era at South Carolina: More people around the office.
A look at the staff directory shows seven analysts, a director of player personnel, a director of on-campus recruiting, a director of high school relations and more. Muschamp also is expanding a student life part of the program. Support staffs are the new arms race in college football, and Spurrier knows it.
“Nick Saban started the idea of hiring so many office people,” Spurrier said on SiriusXM College Sports Nation. “I don’t know how many they’ve got, but I know at South Carolina, we’ve got about 12 more than when I was there, in one year. That’s the way it is in recruiting. It’s more year-round football than it was several years ago.”
Muschamp is also taking part in a few satellite camps this month. A period that used to be time off for coaches is no longer the case. Spurrier says relaxing in the summer helped him coach into his 70s.
Michigan’s staff has nearly 40 camps this month. Jim Harbaugh has said you have to be able to handle that if you want to coach with him. When Spurrier decided to get out of coaching, the intensity of the recruiting game was a major factor.
“I think it really gave me some longevity, getting away from it during the summer,” Spurrier said. “I only played golf about four months a year, and then I was tired of golf, and you’re ready to jump into football right there at the end of July. That’s the way I did it. I think you can burn out if you do 11 months of football.”
https://coachingsearch.com/article?...s-at-least-one-major-change-at-South-Carolina
There’s at least one major change Steve Spurrier has noticed in the Will Muschamp era at South Carolina: More people around the office.
A look at the staff directory shows seven analysts, a director of player personnel, a director of on-campus recruiting, a director of high school relations and more. Muschamp also is expanding a student life part of the program. Support staffs are the new arms race in college football, and Spurrier knows it.
“Nick Saban started the idea of hiring so many office people,” Spurrier said on SiriusXM College Sports Nation. “I don’t know how many they’ve got, but I know at South Carolina, we’ve got about 12 more than when I was there, in one year. That’s the way it is in recruiting. It’s more year-round football than it was several years ago.”
Muschamp is also taking part in a few satellite camps this month. A period that used to be time off for coaches is no longer the case. Spurrier says relaxing in the summer helped him coach into his 70s.
Michigan’s staff has nearly 40 camps this month. Jim Harbaugh has said you have to be able to handle that if you want to coach with him. When Spurrier decided to get out of coaching, the intensity of the recruiting game was a major factor.
“I think it really gave me some longevity, getting away from it during the summer,” Spurrier said. “I only played golf about four months a year, and then I was tired of golf, and you’re ready to jump into football right there at the end of July. That’s the way I did it. I think you can burn out if you do 11 months of football.”