Dana and WVU is a really unusual split. Usually when a school and coach go their separate ways either the school/fanbase is disappointed the relationship is over or the coach is.
This isn’t the case here. Dana goes to a town he seems to genuinely like, doesn’t take a pay cut, and gets one of the best G5 jobs in the country. You can argue he actually just increased his chances to coach in a NY6 bowl.
A big portion of the fanbase thought it was a good time to turn the page and give someone else a shot and WVU gets a guy that the fans are ecstatic about and is being applauded by basically anyone who covers the sport. They didn’t have to buyout any of Dana’s contract and, in fact, got a million dollars from Houston.
Can anyone off the top of their head think of a similar split? I can’t.