University of South Florida coach Willie Taggart interviewed Friday with South Carolina officials for the Gamecocks' head-coaching job, a source told ESPN.com.

Taggart has been at USF three years and guided the Bulls to an 8-4 record this season, including seven wins in their last eight games and upsets of East Carolina, Cincinnati and AAC East Division champion Temple.

Willie Taggart guided South Florida to an upset of AAC East Division champion Temple this season. AP Photo/Chris O'Meara

South Carolina officials have also already had preliminary conversations with Will Muschamp, and he was scheduled to interview formally this week, sources told ESPN.com's Chris Low. Muschamp, 44, is in his first season as Auburn's defensive coordinator. He was Florida's head coach for four seasons, from 2011 to 2014, compiling a 28-21 record before being fired at the end of the 2014 season.

A source told ESPN's Joe Schad the Gamecocks also intend to speak with former Rutgers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano and current Arizona Wildcats coach Rich Rodriguez. Schiano is currently an ESPN analyst.

Information from ESPN.com's Chris Low contributed to this report.