Texas' defense ranked 36th in the nation in yards allowed per game, but now the Longhorns are turning back the clock and bringing back Will Muschamp to run that side of the ball.

Kwiatkowski has been at Texas since head coach Steve Sarkisian took the job in 2021. He was previously the defensive coordinator at Washington. Muschamp was most recently a defensive analyst at Georgia in 2024, as he stepped away from coaching this season.

Will Muschamp is returning to Texas as defensive coordinator after coach Steve Sarkisian fired DC Pete Kwiatkowski and defensive passing game coordinator Duane Akina.

Will Muschamp is returning to the Forty Acres as the defensive coordinator for the Texas Longhorns in a shocking shakeup of Steve Sarkisian’s staff on Thursday as the fifth-year head coach fired longtime coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski and defensive passing game coordinator Duane Akine, who made his own return to Austin for the 2025 season.