Normally, there are two ways you can go with a head coach hire in college football.
You can go for the offensive play-caller or position coach who coached a position group to experience. They may not be the oldest, but they often make up for it by being bright football minds. This is your Lincoln Riley’s or, for the Group of Five fans, Rhett Lashlee at SMU.
Or you can go the complete opposite and hire a CEO-type. What the CEOs lack in innovation they make up for in player management and ability to fundraise for the program.