Whoever it is has to have, or be able to build, some credibility with the area high school coaches. I don't expect them to bring in the Parris Campbells of the area but there should be no kid under consideration of a MAC school that the Zips aren't in the ear of. Also, until he gets the program up to speed he needs to use the transfer portal, graduate transfers and jucos as much as possible. On a smaller scale, Groce did this on the basketball side to get things up and running quickly.
Also, he needs to have the connections and or personality to get some decent assistants here.