12-17-2018, 11:28 PM
(12-17-2018, 09:59 PM)BostonCard Wrote: I would think that in terms of "stepping stone" being able to bring college head coaching experience (even if not at a FBS team) and coordinator experience at a power 5/FBS team is probably a pretty well-rounded CV for an FBS head coaching experience. Of course, if your former head coach can't vouch for your coordinating acumen, then you might run into trouble.
But my guess is that if he is successful as a head coach at Sac State, he would be in line for a head coaching gig in FBS.
BC
Traditionally, you have a much better chance of landing a FBS HC gig as a FBS coordinator as opposed to an FCS HC. This year's cycle was a bit of an anomaly in that we saw 4 FCS HCs land FBS HC jobs (NDSU, JMU, Chattanooga and Austin Peay) compared to 9 FBS coordinators - only 1 (Mike Locksley) of whom had previous HC experience. Usually, the numbers are even more unbalanced in favor of FBS coordinators. For example, last year 9 FBS coordinators landed FBS HC jobs compared to only 1 FCS HC. In 2016-17, there weren't any FCS HCs who made the move up.
For ADs, these hires are all about winning the press conference and it's hard to get a fan base fired up over hiring a coach from a school they've never seen play on TV. Chris Klieman has won three national championships and is poised for a fourth in five years at North Dakota State. His overall record at NDSU is 68-6! Yet K State fans were ready to riot when his hire was announced last week. They would've rather hired Leavitt or Brent Venables because they're familiar with Oregon and Clemson.
Personally, I'm just glad that Bowlsby took a chance on an FCS guy back in 2007.