I think the heart of this discussion is P5 coaches that made what most consider a move to a an equal or close to equal team or maybe even a slight step down (ex: Jimbo from FSU to Texas A&M and not Franklin from Vandy to PSU).
UMercury21 said:
debatable. i don't remember him in the nfl.
also urban. 3 times.
Utah is technically power 5. From there to UF. I’ll give him once.
They didn't join the Pac 12 until 2011 - Urban Meyer left in 2005
Went to the Dolphins in between - pretty sure the OP is talking about a coach leaving one power and going directly to another. And not b/c they were fired or we could include Mark Richt
I think it was more him not getting along with some of the higher ups in the school for a variety of reasons, but I don't think he was pushed. I think he wanted out.