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Ranking every SEC football coach ahead of SEC Media Days: Where does Butch Jones stand?

By Caleb Calhoun

KNOXVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 15: Head coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide shakes hands with head coach Butch Jones of the Tennessee Volunteers after their 49-10 win at Neyland Stadium on October 15, 2016 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
KNOXVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 15: Head coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide shakes hands with head coach Butch Jones of the Tennessee Volunteers after their 49-10 win at Neyland Stadium on October 15, 2016 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /
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CLEMSON, SC – NOVEMBER 26: Head coach Will Muschamp watches on during their game against the Clemson Tigers at Memorial Stadium on November 26, 2016 in Clemson, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
CLEMSON, SC – NOVEMBER 26: Head coach Will Muschamp watches on during their game against the Clemson Tigers at Memorial Stadium on November 26, 2016 in Clemson, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /

Will Muschamp has consistently been the laughingstock of SEC football coaches when you take his four years with the Florida Gators and now his one year with the South Carolina Gamecocks.

And while he did underachieve three of his four years with Florida, his one year at South Carolina proved he can still coach. It also proved that he remains a defensive genius.

Remember, Muschamp did have one very good season with the Gators as well, he could just never get the offense going.

Last year, he finally showed down the stretch of the season that he might have figured out how to coach offense. That came in the form of a guy who should be in high school at quarterback, Jake Bentley.

Bentley took a 2-4 South Carolina team and helped it rebound to finish the regular season 4-2, highlighted by an upset win over the Tennessee Vols.

Now, going 6-7 is nothing to brag about, but since Muschamp did that his first year with a South Carolina team that was 3-9 the year before, he deserves to be near the middle of the pack for SEC coaches right now.

If his team repeats that record or regresses this year, he’ll drop very far down the rankings. After all, it did take a little bit of luck for his team to reach a bowl game.

But when Mark Stoops needed four years to do it and Derek Mason needed three, Muschamp clearly belongs in spots ahead of them for now.

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