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Ryan Day and Tom Allen were internal coordinators promoted to HC. Locksley was OC at Alabama. I believe DJ Durkin was DC at Michigan before the Maryland job too. Just trying to add to the list lol. I think if there's anything clear about coaching searches it's that every category has successes and failures. It's always a risk.In the last 20 years, only 2 P5 Coordinators have been hired as Big 10 head coaches... Tom Allen (Oklahoma DC) at Indiana and Chris Ash (OSU DC) at Rutgers. EDIT - That were not internal promotions.
Bo Pelini (LSU DC) to Nebraska, Ralph Friedgen (GA Tech OC) to Maryland and Greg Schiano (Miami, FL DC) to Rutgers (the first time) all fit in that timeline but were before those schools were in the Big 10. Pelini had previously been DC at Nebraska. Friedgen was an alum of Maryland.
There was also one case in the last 20 years of an NFL coordinator becoming Big 10 head coach - Bill O'Brien (Patriots OC) to Penn State. Kirk Farentz (Ravens OC) to Iowa falls just outside my 20 year time period.