The South Carolina football program is hiring a pair of former Tennessee Volunteers.

Defensive line coach Tracy Rocker and director of player personnel Drew Hughes are both leaving Knoxville to come to Columbia for the same position. The voids were left when John Scott Jr. went to Penn State as a coach, and Matt Lindsey to Ole Miss in his off-field role.

Coaching Scuttlebutt from John Whittle | Coaching scoop from Tony Morrell | Not a VIP member? Subscribe!

The hires fill two of the three current voids on the staff of head coach Will Muschamp, who is entering his fifth year as head coach of the Gamecocks. He still has one position on the offensive staff to fill, the running backs coach. Thomas Brown was hired by the L.A. Rams in the NFL.

Rocker brought extensive SEC experience to the Vols both from his Hall of Fame playing career and his coaching tenure. He was a two-time All American at Auburn and in 1988 won the Outland Trophy and Lombardi Trophy and was named SEC Player of the Year. As a coach, Rocker worked at Arkansas, Ole Miss, Auburn, Georgia and Tennessee and also had a three-year stint with the NFL's Tennessee Titans. Now, he'll be with the Gamecocks.

In Tennessee's 2020 recruiting class, Rocker was the primary recruiter for four-star defensive lineman and early enrollee Dominic Bailey and the secondary recruiter for four-stars Tyler Baron, Jimmy Calloway, Omari Thomas and Reginald Perry, according to GoVols247.

Rocker will replace Scott, who left the program after just one season to go to Penn State where he's taking a job under defensive coordinator Brent Pry, a close friend in the coaching community. Scott helped develop defensive tackle Javon Kinlaw into a first round draft pick, according to many mock drafts prior to this April's actual draft.

Rocker will have a contract that will have to go to the school's Board of Trustees for approval. Contracts that hit the $250,000 threshold have to be approved by the Board. Lindsey made $175,000 per year at South Carolina, so it is unlikely that Hughes' contract will have to be approved by the BOT.

Hughes was the first target of Muschamp when he accepted the position at South Carolina after the 2015 season. The timing wasn't right for Hughes, though, as he remained with the Gators. He took the job in Knoxville when Pruitt accepted the position with the Volunteers, but decided to reunite with Muschamp when Lindsey left for the Ole Miss Rebels. Muschamp and Hughes spent time together at Florida, where he helped the Gators reel in three Top 12 recruiting classes, including the nation’s No. 9 class in 2014, No. 11 in 2017 and No. 12 in 2016.

Lindsey has been recognized on multiple occasions by 247Sports in its 30 under 30 series in college football. A former scouting assistant for the Philadelphia Eagles before coming to Columbia, Lindsey was in charge of overseeing nearly all aspects of recruiting for the Gamecocks.

To get the latest scoop on the running back hire, check out our Coaching Scuttlebutt story from John Whittle and the Gamecock Coaching Scoop story from Tony Morrell.

Stay tuned to TheBigSpur.com on this developing story.