Georgia head coach Kirby Smart speaks on Will Muschamp taking the defensive coordinator job at Texas.

Muschamp was Texas' defensive coordinator from 2008-10 and will replace Pete Kwiatkowski on Steve Sarkisian's staff

The Texas Longhorns are hiring former Florida and South Carolina head coach Will Muschamp as Steve Sarkisian's defensive coordinator, replacing Pete Kwiatkowski.

The Texas Longhorns are bringing back a familiar face with the hiring of defensive coordinator Will Muschamp. The Texas Longhorns came out of nowhere with a shocking change to the coaching staff on Thursday, firing defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski and defensive pass game coordinator Duane Akina.

The move from Kwiatkowski to Will Muschamp signals a shift away from cerebral defenses toward aggressive ones. It's a recognition that Texas doesn’t need to outsmart elite offenses anymore. It needs to overwhelm them.

Muschamp harkens back to Texas' glory days on defense, but the Longhorns won't take the next step until offensive problems are addressed

A Texas Longhorns freshman linebacker can't wait to get started after the hiring of new defensive coordinator Will Muschamp.

Will Muschamp is back running an SEC defense, and it will be back at Texas, where his head coaching career was originally supposed to begin.

Texas has hired former Florida and South Carolina coach Will Muschamp as defensive coordinator. Coach Steve Sarkisian announced the staff shakeup on Thursday.

The hiring of Muschamp as the Longhorns' defensive coordinator could have a ripple effect throughout the program.

Kirby Smart has a dominant record against Will Muschamp coached defenses that will work in Georgia's favor while he is at Texas.