No. My success allowed me to not have to take a job just to take a job, not have to bend my principles to take/keep a job, and not have to backstab coaches I worked with like I saw so many others do to try and advance their careers.
“Success” is hardly the recipe needed to advance as a position coach. It’s far more about being able to GA under a coach/program who has people become head coaches, kissing ass, and having played under a coach who now is a coordinator/head coach.
For instance, look at Arizona State. Three weeks ago, they hired a guy to become a full-time coach. His background? He played at LA Harbor College (where?), then played a year or two at Old Dominion. He then spent a couple of years as a GA at USC and this season as an analyst at Oregon before being hired full-time at Arizona State. His brother is a very popular up-and-coming rapper in LA (signed on the same label as Kendrick Lamar), but do you really think he is in his position based on his coaching success?
Three days ago, Arizona State topped this hire. They hired 24 year old Chris Hawkins to a full-time, on field coaching position. His experience? He graduated from college in 2018 and worked a year in commercial real estate. He then spent this season, his first in coaching, as a GA at USC. Now, he’s full time at Arizona State. Do you think he was hired due to his coaching success? Oh, yeah - his dad is the head of recruiting for California’s top 7-on-7 team which includes Arizona State’s top receiving recruit in the 2020 class and their freshman QB.
It’s not about success as a coach in any way.