idk, would you say Sparky Woods and Mike Norvell are the norm? Lol. I’d guess there have been quite a few HCs come up from the mid major ranks and be successful in the P5. But I’d like to hear you rationalize how a guy moving up and being unable to win a single game at a school as talent-rich as FSU is “the norm” but two guys moving up and having success is not.
I mean, I can certainly give other examples who fall between Sparky/Norvell and Saban/Urban…… Mack Brown was HC at multiple mid majors before becoming a P5 coach, Terry Bowden was at a mid major before the P5. Jim Tressel was HC at a midmajor before winning a national championship at a P5. Need more examples? Lou Holtz was HC at a midmajor before the P5. Brian Kelly was HC at multiple midmajors before becoming a P5 head coach. Chip Kelly never coached at ANY P5 school before becoming Oregon’s OC for a year and then HC. Is that enough, or you need more examples??