So now that we know where SEC coaches come from and how a new hire impacts recruiting, let’s take a look at how the quality of teams are affected by the impact of a new hire. With the understanding that schools make new hires because their team was probably terrible — or at least not meeting expectations, right Barry? — most fans of the sport would probably think that the impact would be positive immediately, or at least better in to Year 2. Let’s see if that’s actually the case! I’ll be using the same sample as I did for recruiting, the 13 Power 5 programs that made a new coaching hire at the end of the 2017/beginning of 2018.
That New Coach Smell: The Effect on SP+
