If These Power 5 Coaches Turn Around Their Programs, Would They Bolt for Better Jobs?

[BleedGopher]

per Hero Sports:

While it's not uncommon for coaches to jump from big jobs to big (or bigger) jobs like Chryst, Andersen and Riley did, it's also not as routine as candidate lists and rumors might suggest.

Let's get way ahead of ourselves and wonder if these five early-tenure coaches would immediately leave for a better job if they succeed in turning around their current program.

P.J. FLECK - MINNESOTA
Minnesota has a lot of things working in their favor here. Fleck is a Midwest guy. He was born, raised, played college football and has spent seven of the first 11 years of his coaching career in the Midwest. The school is also investing heavily in athletics, with a bunch of new facilities set to open within the next year.

Fleck is only 36 years old, has spent just one year at a big-time program (graduate assistant at Ohio State in 2006) and jumped from Western Michigan after his first huge year. But who knows, maybe he rejected other offers after each of the last three seasons before finding a perfect fit in Minneapolis.

Minnesota can make the long-term financial commitment to Fleck. The school is growing rapidly, in good financial shape and fans/donors have been waiting decades to invest their money, time and emotions in a coach. That was supposed to be Jerry Kill; now it could be P.J. Fleck.

http://herosports.com/college-football/power-five-coaches-programs-dino-babers-pj-fleck-ahah

Go Gophers!!

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

MN

Syracuse

Kansas

Vanderbilt

Purdue


Yeah, for all those jobs.

 

[PMWinSTP]

He's not going anywhere soon unless the wheels come completely off, which is extremely unlikely. If he continues to elevate, 10+ wins in 2019 gets Fleck a long-term, very lucrative contract. Just win, baby.

 

[bleedsmaroonandgold]

I always think the fear of a coach leaving after a successful season is overblown. I remember us being concerned about Mason, Brewster, Kill, Monson, and Tubby leaving us behind for bigger jobs, and we ended up firing all of those coaches except Kill (who left for medical reasons, and then we fired his heir apparent). If you build Minnesota into the kind of successful program that would attract those offers, then they have a successful power conference program with their system already in place, and there are only a few real bluebloods (Alabama, Ohio State etc.) that would even be an upgrade at that point. And for those schools to come knocking, the coach would need to sustain the success for long enough at Minnesota, that would we would be in good shape after they left.