Only guys I think compared to Sark are:
Sumlin
Crisco
Lanning
Two just happened to coach for Oregon and two have a lot of similarities, though Crisco seemed actually more like Neuheisel to me.
Why extend Lanning and now? What's he done. His second best win an absolute white knuckler vs the Coug? Getting some weirdo mid 4 star commits from random locales?
It’s a 1 year extension. That’s pretty much standard practice now, to always keep your HC on a 5 year contract. They’ll probably extend him again next offseason, too. It also increases the buyout, which is understandable after mullens has lost 2 straight HCs because he didn’t make the buyout high enough. If lanning sucks, Oregon will have no problem paying it. They’re not UW basketball.
Also, all three coaches you listed are more successful than Sark. Sumlin and cristo have won ny6 games. Sark has never even sniffed one.
Lanning’s second best win would probably be blowing out UCLA?