Success as a Group of Five school is a double-edged sword. While you’re hoisting a trophy to cap a great season, in the back of your mind you know that the guy who brought you here may soon leave for greener pastures. G5 athletic directors are aware that if they’ve made a good hire, it probably won’t be long before they’re tasked to make a better one.
Within the current power structure of college football G5 schools are largely seen as a stepping stone for Power Five schools. For fans of G5 schools this reality sucks. Your school finally found the guy who has established a winning culture and is taking them to unprecedented success and then within a year, or even months, he’s gone.