Title/Alt Text South Carolina head coach Will Muschamp has made his final assistant coach hire. Former Florida Gator and NFL linebacker Mike Peterson will round out the staff and be the final assistant coach under Muschamp, according to multiple sources.

Peterson returned to Florida as an undergraduate assistant coach in 2013. He stayed under Muschamp in 2014 and worked as an assistant coach in the strength and conditioning program.

Peterson played linebacker at Florida under Steve Spurrier. He had a 14-year NFL career that ended in 2012. In the NFL, he had 950 career tackles. At Florida, he was a first-team All-American.

It is currently unclear what position that Peterson will have on the staff, but linebackers seem the most likely. The only vacant position on the staff is inside linebackers as Coleman Hutzler is slated to coach outside linebackers. Muschamp has said that he is going to coach a position on the defensive side of the ball, but he said which position is up in the air until he makes his final staff hire.

Peterson was inducted University of Florida Hall of Fame in 2011. He also runs the Mike Peterson Foundation.

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