Who's next? Mid- and low-major men's college coaches ready for the next step

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A year ago at this time, Florida Atlantic's then-coach Dusty May was the obvious candidate to jump from the mid-major to the high-major level. Charleston's Pat Kelsey wasn't far behind. The 2023 cycle had more big names moving around, but in 2022, the contingent of Todd Golden, Matt McMahon, Chris Jans, Dennis Gates and Lamont Paris all went from mid-major programs to the SEC. Most of them moved up in predictable fashion.

Who is in the next crop of mid-major coaches ready to make the leap to the big leagues in 2025? After the exodus of the past few cycles, it's not as clear. So, we reached out to more than a dozen industry sources involved in the coaching carousel: agents,…