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They went from not winning their conference in over a decade and not winning their division since 2012 to going to OT in the NC. That is a huge upgrade.
Huge upgrade...but you said it was the biggest coaching upgrade in recent college history.
Al Golden -> Richt
(Miami)
-NEVER won the Coastal since joining in 2004, outside a 3-way tie for first place in 2012, where we would've lost the tie breaker.
-Hadn't beat FSU since 2009
-Hadn't beat FSU in Miami since 2004
-Hadn't won 10 games since 2003
-Hadn't won a bowl game since 2006
Richt comes and we accomplish all of this. (I'm still team Richt needs to hire an OC or leave but can't deny the bottomline of what he accomplished)
(Michigan) Hoke->Harbaugh
-Tied for 7th place in the Big 10 with 5 total wins in 2014. Jim Harbaugh comes and they immediately jump to 10 wins.
(Cincinnati)
-Never won 10 games since before 1992(couldn't go back past then) and probably never sniffed success. Brian Kelly takes over from Mark Dantonio in 2007 and immediately wins 10, then 11, then goes undefeated in the regular season with 12 wins....at cincinnati (yeah, Urban Meyer boat raced this team in the Sugar Bowl with Brian Kelly jumping ship to coach ND and didn't coach them in the bowl game.)