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[QUOTE="SU94, post: 1563997, member: 202"]
On the surface, I am excited by the notion of hiring Scott Frost, whose last name is so perfect it would seem contrived.

But I am hesitant to import a coach from the Left Coast. So, I was thinking, which coaches have enjoyed success after leaving their geographic niche, and which have been failures? There is no doubt that there are circumstances involved with all of these coaches, but for this exercise, that is not important. Please add any that are relevant…

Success
Dennis Erickson (Wash State to Miami)
Urban Meyer (BGSU/Utah to Florida)
Nick Saban (Mich State to LSU)
Les Miles (Michigan to Oklahoma State/LSU)
Mack Brown (Tulane to UNC … how did he get that gig, he went 11-23 at Tulane)
Pete Carroll (Patriots to Southern California/did spend 2 years with 49ers as DC)
Rich Rodriguez (WVU/Michigan to Arizona) ... moderate success
Dave Wannstedt (NFL to Pitt/was a player and GA at Pitt 25-30 years earlier)
John Cooper (Tulsa/ASU to Ohio State)

Fail
Terry Shea (Stanford to Rutgers)
Ed Orgerson (Miami/SU/Southern Cal To Ole Miss)
Ty Willingham (Stanford to Notre Dame/could argue that ND is so national that they could not make this list)
John Bunting (Chiefs/Rams to UNC … he was an alum however)
Lane Kiffin (NFL to Tennessee/he did not really fail on the field, went 7-6)

I am sure there are more, especially among fails, but I am fatigued thinking about it.
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