This week in this incredibly loose premise haphazardly built around the numbers four and eight, I’d like to take a look at a certain echelon of current FBS coaches - that is, coaches who’ve completed between four and eight seasons at their current schools.
It’s an achievement to last more than four seasons anywhere, but it’s also where you reach put-up-or-shut-up time. You’ve had a chance to install a full team of your recruits, your program is fully in place. If you make it past eight years, you’re an institution.
We could call it the Urban Meyer Zone: if you get Urban for four years, you’ll get a national title.