Quote Originally Posted by Todd4State View Post
Who in the SEC has had success going from FCS to FBS ever? And by that I mean directly from FCS to SEC? When you hire a new coach you are also hiring someone to bring in players with him. Do we want to try to win SEC games with Montana State players?
I am not aware of any head coach having ever gone directly from the FCS to the SEC. Plenty of successful FCS head coaches have gone on to become successful FBS head coaches, the most notable being Jim Tressel. There a bunch of active ones (DeBoer, Entz, Chesney, Cignetti) who didn't go straight from FCS to P4 but probably would have won if they had gotten the chance.