Where are the best coaches getting hired from?

What was their last job before now?

So looking at the CFP last year

4 DC: Smart, Lanning, Freeman, Daniels (Boise St)

4 OCs: Dillingham, Sark, Day, Lashlee

1 PFHC: Franklin

2 G5 HC: Cig and Heupel

1 P5 Position Coach: Dabo

The Current Top25 is
4 OCs
7 DCs
6 P5 HCs
5 G5 HCs
3 Position Coaches (all promoted from
within 2 as interim)

Now you’re probably thinking, that’s a lot of DCs.

of the coaches who were hired from other HCing jobs, (11 total)
7/11 were OCs 1/11 was a DC 1/11 was a Position Coach and 2 are oldguys that got a HCing jobs at JUCO or DIII schools and just worked their way up over 15-20 years (Cig and Fritz)

So, 11 were at one point OCs, 8 were DCs and 6 were never a coordinator.