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Despite the examples of success, coaches and administrators who spoke to The Athletic believe it’s still not athletic directors’ preferred route to go in search of and hire a head coach who has won at lower levels.
“If an administrator has cut their teeth at the upper levels of Division I or whatever, they don’t understand what Division III and NAIA is,” Leipold said. “They view them more like high school coaches, which is really unfortunate.”
There have been 15 coaches hired at the Power 5 level since 2000 who once were head coaches at a lower level than the FCS, and their combined record since becoming part of the P5 is 582-434 (.572).