Does Rod have any college experience? I don't know that Mayville makes decisions for football coaching based off of winning at all. Kelly Jeffrey is now the special teams coordinator for the Toronto Argonautes in the CFL, before that he turned one of the worst college programs in Canada into one of the best.
Jody Ford left on his own accord because he saw the lack of support that the administration was going to give.
Nathan Chin left for the same reasons.
Derek Schlieve was the most successful coach Mayville state may have ever had. And he left on his own accord as well because the administration wasn't willing to tell him at the end of the season if he would have a job the next year. They wanted to wait until June or July to re-up contracts.
John Haines took over the program with 1 week to prepare and finished 2-8 and had to reapply for the job. He then went 5-5, and 4-6. Before Schlieve, 4-6 was the best record since 1990.
These are all good football coaches. The last two were Alumni that would have been happy to retire after coaching Mayville State for 30 years.
The problem is not with the coaches but with the administration. Until The AD and the President are on board to provide support to the football program, Mayville State football will struggle every year.
Administration will be perfectly happy going 0-10 as long as there are 100 players on the roster and they are not causing any trouble. And the coach is not making any requests for anything that requires money.
I would love to see the list of applicants that have applied for this job. It will never be made public of course, but I guarantee there are some highly qualified coaches that have applied for the job, and they won't even get an interview(more than likely because the majority of the interview committee has NO KNOWLEDGE of FOOTBALL). And I can promise that the coach they hire will be the coach that comes with the least amount of demands and can promise to make lemonade with water and dirt to work with.
John Sala was the 3rd finalist after Kelly Jeffrey was let go. He was offered the job and made a couple of requests. He wanted to hire two full-time assistants, which was denied. He wanted a recruiting budget, which they didn't give him. And he wanted more than a one year contract, which was a big no go. So he turned the job down.
http://athletics.anderson.edu/coaches.a ... h=football He has had a few successful Head Coaching jobs after turning down Mayville State. He might have been worth a 2-3 year contract.
But remember, the Administration at Mayville State cares nothing about winning. Athletics is a tool to increase enrollment. Once you understand that everything makes sense.