A guy who brought a team to the college playoffs (after cornpone Tuberville ran it in to the ground) and 53 games in his 5 years there, that's who.
And no, that's not how they typically run. As of 2019, alumni were coaching in 13.8% of the NCAAF Div 1 jobs. Leonhard isn't exactly Jim Harbaugh. Kirby Smart coached (to various degrees) at Florida State, LSU, Miami Dolphins, Bama before he went back to Goergia. How many played in the NFL? Why would a top recruit care either way? Leonhard has been at.....Wisconsin.
Leonhard won 4 of 7 games and finished 6th in the crappy half of the Big 10. That's nice. But no program trying to rebuild is hiring a guy like that----when a guy like Fickell is available. That makes zero sense at all.