an established path to landing a HC of another P4 school. So if that’s Hill’s goal, to be a HC at a P4, he is better taking a HC job at a USU or taking a coordinator role at a blue blood school, than waiting around for some P4 school to come calling him as the DC at BYU.

There are numerous example of HCs jumping to great jobs from a G5 school. Not so many, if any, coordinator coming from non-upper echelon schools getting P4 jobs. You can ask why that is all you want, but it’s the reality.