Ray Giacoletti had coached at North Dakota St and Eastern Washington and never won more than 18 games.

Jim Boylen had never been a head coach before and was plucked from the assistant ranks

Larry K had two years at Montana, plus just over one terrible season with the Bucks

As far as collegiate head coaching experience goes, their most recent hire (Craig Smith) has as much experience as the last 3 combined, and at a higher level than any of them