Will Muschamp, who was fired as Florida's coach last month, will remain in the SEC as Auburn's new defensive coordinator. "He's one of the best in the busine s, if not the best in the busine s," Auburn coach Gus Malzahn said of Muschamp Curley Culp Jersey at Saturday's introductory news conference.Muschamp's last official day at Florida was Nov. 29, when he coached the Gators in their lo s to Florida State, which means he spent le s than two weeks out of work. Numerous reports indicate his salary will be $1.6 million, meaning he will be the highest-paid a sistant in college football. He reportedly also was a candidate for the Houston head-coaching job. "We've been Marcus Mariota Jersey pretty good where we've been, but we've also had a bunch of good players," Kenny Vaccaro Jersey Muschamp said Saturday of the defenses he has coordinated.Muschamp, 43, previously served as Auburn's defensive coordinator in 2006 and '07, under then-coach Tommy Tuberville. He moved on from there to spend three seasons as Texas' coordinator before being hired as Florida's coach in December 2010. Muschamp also has been a coordinator at LSU under Nick Saban and was a Saban a sistant with the in 2005. BOOM! Welcome back to the Auburn Family! Coach Gus Malzahn (@CoachGusMalzahn) Muschamp's four teams at Florida had excellent defenses -- each ranked in the top 10 in total defense -- but bad offenses cost Rodger Saffold Jersey him his job in Gainesville. Auburn's defense struggled in all facets the past two seasons under recently fired coordinator Ellis Johnson, even though the 2013 team played for the national title. Auburn allowed 388.7 yards per game this season, which ranks 61st nationally, and surrendered 420.7 last season, which ranked 87th. Auburn also allowed 26.1 points per game this season and 24.7 per game last Warren Moon Jersey season. Mike Huguenin can be reached at mike.huguenin@nfl.com. You also can follow him on Twitter .