I felt it was a good opportunity. But it just wasn't right. You want to be happy with what you're doing. You want your family to be comfortable. You can make a lot of money and not be happy.
Assistant coaches are the backbone of football teams.
They watch film. They call plays. They teach players the fundamentals. If Ellis had moved on, Lincoln County head coach Larry Campbell would have had a crater-sized void to fill. If he would have left, I would have had to make quite a few changes.