So looking surface level you're right. But then looking at it a bit closer, we see that Harsin probably makes more than the Alabama Governor annually.
So now let's rephrase your final comment:
Was her best path really being the side chick for a 40+ something year old Governor of Alabama?
I think we all are numb to how much these college coaches are paid but these dudes are PAID and literally are the THE most important person on a major college campus.
Looking at it from that POV she could do much worse