From the FAQ:
Each school requires a minimum level of recent success from a potential coach, which differs depending on the level of the school. The better the school, the more success required.
A coach's success is measured by looking at his team's results over the past 10 seasons. If a coach hasn't coached a full 10 seasons, then it looks at all seasons coached. The more recent the season, the more weight it's given - so the most recent season carries the most weight in the overall success of a coach.
The success of a individual season is based on the following items:
- RPI rank
- Top 25 rank
- Whether you won the conference title
- Whether you won conference coach of the year
- Whether you made the National Tournament
- How far you advanced in the National Tournament
- Whether you made the Postseason Invitational Tournament
- How far you advanced in the Postseason Invitational Tournament
There are multiple factors that a school uses to decide whether to accept your application, including but not limited to (and not necessarily in this order):
- Overall Experience
- Recent Success (going back at most 10 seasons) (see above)
- Reputation
- Loyalty
Additional info: Loyalty and reputation take hit when you change jobs or don't fulfill promised minutes to recruits during that 10 season timeframe.
Also division levels are weighted. Something like a 1 or 2 round difference. Some debate where that falls. Oversimplified it may look like this: D3 Final Four = a D2 Sweet 16= D1 NT 1st round