I met Kevin when he first came to coach at Noblesville. We were merely acquaintances and nothing more but I've kept close tabs on him ever since. He is an excellent coach and he demands total commitment from everyone... including the schools administrators... and that was the main reason he moved on from Noblesville. When he came to Noblesville the football program showed rapid improvement and they fell back to mediocrity (at best) quickly after he left. As for popularity with other coaches... who knows, I think there might have been some who were more jealous than anything because he's been successful everywhere he's been. The Tulsa Union deal was a bad deal from the beginning. In a state where football is king, and a football program that is a long-time state powerhouse, outsiders, and especially an outsider from a BASKETBALL state like INDIANA, are looked on with a wary eye. As I said earlier, Wright demands control and some people associated with the Tulsa Union program didn't like him changing anything. He saw the handwriting on the wall soon and got out. I can't blame him from what I've been told of the situation. Just think IU basketball... you know what I mean.
His Florida connections and his connections with the major powerhouse programs around the country, will be a boost to IU's recruiting.