The pool of Div I HC’s seems unlikely to yield a diamond in the rough that will come to Duke. If they have a decent resume they will surely have more attractive offers to choose from.
Much more likely to find a brilliant up and coming offensive or defensive coordinator or even a D2 HC. The best of these could see Duke HC as a step up in their career ladder.
The days of coaches staying 40 years in one spot are rare and mostly gone. Nick Saban was a job jumper before Alabama. When you look at some of recent longevity in the ACC, Jim Grobe peaked after 8-9 years, Paul Johnson about 8-9, and Cutcliffe about 9-10. It's going to take until 2024 before Duke can think about bowling again and longer before any coach gets serious about a different job. If we can keep someone until 2028 or 2029 with some winning records, we will have done very well.
to the people who think Duke head coach isn't an attractive job--there are only about 130 schools, out of about 2000 NCAA members that even play bowl division football. The chance to be the HC at any one of them is an extremely rare, glamorous opportunity that any number of coaches would likely kill their own mothers to get. Duke doesn't have to settle.
I seriously doubt he'd come here but I'd love to talk with and offer Ed Orgeron.
This implicitly brings up an interesting question. With the new transfer rules, can a new coach skilled in the transfer arts shorten a rebuilding timeline? I suspect it would be tougher at Duke, given academic constraints but it might be doable. I just don't know if we have a data base for a new coach coming in and bringing in 15, 20, more (?) transfers. Look how completely Lawson remade the women's basketball roster. Is that an apples and oranges comparison or is something similar possible for football?
The transfer portal gate swings both ways. Lummie Young is transferring.