Published 11/18/2008
by Brian Behrend
at Bleacher Report - College Football
The University of Texas has struck an agreement with Defensive Coordinator Will Muschamp that will keep him in Austin, and eventually lead him to the head coaching position for the Longhorns, said Athletics Director DeLoss Dodds on Tuesday. Details of the contract are still being finalized, but it will start with Muschamp's salary being raised to $900,000 on Jan. 1, 2009. "This is a plan that has been enthusiastically agreed to by Mack Brown , President Powers, and the Board of Regents," Dodds said. "With the landscape in college football and all of the changes around the country, I've been looking at this for the last couple of years. When it's not working, you have to go outside and make changes. Things are going well here, it's working, so it's best to be prepared to build from inside, and that's what we're doing. Read more at 40AcresSports.com.
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