Nearly every championship-winning program in college football faces attrition to its coaching staff. As these coaches reach success at lower-level jobs such as positional coaches, they face tempting offers to move up the chain either to a head coaching position like former Clemson OC Chad Morris did in 2014 when he took the SMU Head Coach position, or making the bump up to a full coordinator position. Some coaches even make the leap to the NFL as Hobby is reportedly doing, the likes of which are inevitable after such a prolonged string of success.
While Brooks’ retirement is tough to swallow, Hobby’s is going to hurt much more in the long run.