He also plays in the toughest conference division in CFB, has had a .500 record or better 7 of the 9 years he's been there and also is regulated to recruits the scraps of the south because the big fish go somewhere else...and he still has finished with a couple of top 20 recruiting class while puts his players in the league, and this is all at a school with an all-time winning percentage of .353 against conference foes.
Oh by the way, Miss St. has only been to 20 bowl games in their football history...8 of those games were under Dan Mullen. I wouldn't choose him over Mark Richt but if Mark Richt wasn't available 2 years ago, I would've considered the job search a failure if we didn't hire Dan Mullen...especially since it was his second time showing interest in coming here to begin with.
Arent Miami and LA similar? Why would Mullen be interested in Miami twice but not be a LA guy?
LA is not similar to Miami....the weather is different, the people are definitely differently, and UM is a completely different job than USC or UCLA.
I would say in terms of metropolitan areas, culural diversity, and private university football prowess that Miami and LA, specifically USC are as similar as could be.
To a point. USC is a private institution but has an enormous amount of resources, our recruiting ground is slightly richer, we play in an easier conference division but a better conference overall, we play in 3x the stadium they have believe or not, and he can literally live 5 minutes from campus in a peaceful and quiet neighborhood just like if he coached at Miss St., Texas., etc...but he can't do that at USC.
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