How many multi-millionaire athletes and coaches of all kinds have declared bankruptcy soon after the money stopped flowing? Expenses oftentimes expand to accommodate income and being paid great sums of money does not teach you how to keep it.
It would be devastating to Dana Holgorsen's head coaching resume' to be fired at this point. The numbers and achievements are simply not yet in his favor, but let's hope 2016 changes that. It is not just about the money, anyway. Pride and the respect of your peers is important to nearly everyone.
You usually don't hear about it with coaches, especially head coaches. But I'm sure it has happened.
If he gets fired after this season, he walks away with $4 million and while he didn't have a spectacular tenure here, it wasn't all that bad either.
He'll probably get offered another HC position at a lower tier school or get instantly hired as OC at a quality program. Either way he has job opportunities that will start in the mid six figures.
That's not devestation. That's just life and you'd probably give your left nut to have his problems.
Coaching is a profession in which everyone gets fired at some point and coaches know that better than anyone else. I doubt he'll suffer any loss of respect from his peers...that's just silly.
He'll still be a young coach with HC experience under his belt, an Orange Bowl victory and a ton of dough. It's sweet you're worried for him but he seems to be doing alright in the game of life.