SIlverfield has shared his unconventional rise to an SEC head coaching job with the Razorbacks before. | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters ConnectCreating His Own OpportunityWhile sitting in what he considered the basement Hampden-Sydney College's gymnasium, Silverfield didn't just write bland, uninteresting letters looking for a job. I lived in the dungeon of the basement of the gym and, you know, I got one written from Tyrone Willingham, the head coach at Washington at the time. He used to be the head coach at Notre Dame. His career took off the moment UCF and head coach George O'Leary came calling with a graduate assistant opening.