Knute Rockne and Hire’s Remorse
Over the last fifty years, many top football coaches have jumped jobs, and the same was true in the old days. Heisman, Warner, and others changed positions regularly. Even Stagg had to jump jobs after Chicago forced him to retire following 41 years of service. Then and now, few played at one school and moved up the coaching ladder at their alma mater before becoming highly successful head coaches there. — www.footballarchaeology.com
Timothy P. Brown tells us how in 1925 Knute Rockne almost left Notre Dame to coach at Columbia University.
