The Zeitgeist List · coaching
Rob Harley
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2026–now · 1 stint(s)
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Coaching career
2026–now
Northern Illinois
too new to grade yet
12th-best Northern Illinois tenure of 13 by the numbers.
Followed Thomas Hammock (2019–2025).
Roster construction · portal era
Barely touches the portal — recruits and develops his own.
Portal arrivals
7
3.0★ avg rating
Portal departures
22
left via the portal
Net portal flow
-15
#150 of 187 FBS stints
Who won the portal our read
Talent added
23.2
position-weighted
Talent lost
49.0
position-weighted
Net
-25.8
arrivals minus departures
Best addition: Taron Dickens (QB) from Western Carolina
Biggest loss: Jackson Proctor (QB) to the portal
Position-value-weighted (QB/CB weighted highest, depth-decayed within each position) — the same scoring engine as the Portal Heat feed, not a separate grade.
Where the roster comes from, by position
Grows Interior line from high school
100%
#198 of 224 stints
Grows D-line from high school
100%
#214 of 239 stints
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The Zeitgeist List · coordinating
Rob Harley
Defensive coordinator across 2 program(s), 2 stint(s), before and after wearing the head-coach hat — every season measured on the same axis, whether he personally ran the unit or someone else did.