Unlike football there's so much variance to track programs that it makes a big difference.
School a) might have a better scholarship allotment, better academic scholarships and an admin that actually cares about winning while school b) might have like 3.1 scholarships hard to get academic money and an admin that gives a garbage budget because track is an annoyance for them
But yes there are trash coaches at every level because success is more murky in track it's easier to get promoted up due to external factors like what school you went to who you're connected to etc. Instead of coaching acumine