Is it possible to qualify for a Big 6 job without coaching at a low level D1 first? If so, how many seasons at D2 before that is possible? I've been at the same school for 8 seasons and we've made 6 straight NT's with an Elite 8 and FF run mixed in. Just curious if I should go ahead and make the jump to a low or mid level D1 or keep hoping that next season i'll qualify for a higher prestige job.

Probably only a really beat down Baylor type team with a C- prestige, after you made the final 4.    Or maybe an A10 team.  It will be impossible to get a B prestige D1 team from D2. 

I think you should find a good D1 job in the MVC or CUSA or one of the other mid level conference.  Mtn West, Horizon, MAC, they are all better than the really low conferences.

Thanks reinsel!!!

Check out Kmason's resume in phelan. He's at Arkansas now.

A couple of seasons back, I jumped from D-II to Ohio St. (C+) in Crum. You probably need 4 reasonably successful seasons on the resume, though if one of them were D-III, it might still work.