Will Muschamp can be Auburn's defensive coordinator if he wants the job.
According to AuburnSports.com, the former Florida coach has been offered the defensive coordinator position with the Tigers. Ellis Johnson parted ways with the school on Sunday.
Sources say Muschamp also has received a lucrative offer from Texas A&M, which fired defensive coordinator Mark Snyder on Sunday. Auburn has assured Muschamp that it will compete with any offer made by a university program, though at least two NFL organizations have contacted him with provisional offers.
Gus Malzahn doesn't want to pressure Muschamp and is willing to give him time to plot his next move. Muschamp hasn't given any of his suitors meaningful information regarding his personal, long-term plan.
A&M dismissed Snyder on Friday, a day after losing to LSU on Thanksgiving. Florida announced that Muschamp wouldn't be returning after losing to South Carolina at home on November 15. The two SEC schools have become the leading suitors for Muschamp's services as a defensive coordinator, and his arrival will raise the perception of whichever team he joins.
Before becoming Texas' defensive coordinator and coach-in-waiting prior to being hired as Florida's head coach, Muschamp was Auburn's defensive coordinator for two seasons in 2006 and 2007.
If Muschamp doesn't go to Auburn, Auburn Sports lists UAB coach Bill Clark and Memphis defensive coordinator Barry Odom as possible candidates as well. UAB is shutting down football at the end of the school year.
Auburn's defense was No. 57 in the NCAA's total defense ranking in 2014 and gave up more than 30 points in five straight SEC games, including a 55-44 loss to Alabama to end the regular season.
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