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I think Harbaugh took a pay cut to be USD’s head coach back in the day.  some coaches would rather be a head coach at a lower level than to be an assistant at a higher level.

And that can be a very good thing to do. If you have an idea you want to implement and you can't do it where you are, going out on your own is often the only way. It may be a risk, financial and otherwise, but if you believe, you have to do it. A pretty Stanford thing to do I would say :-). That said, it seems to have worked out very well for Troy Taylor!

[Goose]

I think Harbaugh took a pay cut to be USD’s head coach back in the day.  some coaches would rather be a head coach at a lower level than to be an assistant at a higher level.

And that can be a very good thing to do. If you have an idea you want to implement and you can't do it where you are, going out on your own is often the only way. It may be a risk, financial and otherwise, but if you believe, you have to do it. A pretty Stanford thing to do I would say :-). That said, it seems to have worked out very well for Troy Taylor!