She's been impressive for sure but 5 years as a D1 head coach and 3 years at D2 Ashland. No mention of combination of coaching and assistant coaching or D2 experience being a factor.
I don’t know if he is interested but if he wanted to go to a bigger school and get a pay raise, this would be the year to do it. If he stays, I think at 48 with the program he’s established there, he would be a jackrabbit until he retires. JMO.
Just get a qualified coach, I want to cheer for a winning team. There’s no reason that our neighbors to the left consistently make the tournament and have better teams than Minny.