The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Blake Seiler.

Defensive coordinator · 6 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs1 season ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense+0.25#61 of 458 · more than most

The tenure clock

Every stop re-aligned to its own first year, so the stops stack instead of scrolling past each other. The gray dashed line is a reference, not a path: each point is the median of whoever was still in the job that year, across every real OC/DC stint since 2014 at that role, and the pool shrinks year over year because surviving to a later year means not having been fired.

100th — best in the country90th — elite — top 10%75th — top quarter50th — national median25th — bottom quarter0 — worst in the countryHis defense’s national rank, by year of tenureYear 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5Year of that tenure, not calendar yearn=659n=400n=218n=122n=67median still in the jobnot a pathKansas State, year 1: 50th percentileKansas StateOld Dominion, year 2: 83rd percentileOld Dominion, year 3: 21st percentileOld Dominion, year 4: 83rd percentileOld Dominion, year 5: 38th percentileOld Dominion, year 6: 98th percentileOld Dominion
Kansas State 2018–2018
Old Dominion 2020–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Old Dominion, 7 years
+14.7
83.5 to 98.2 percentile.
Median defensive coordinator
+1.0
first season to last, across 239 stints of 3+ years. 52.3% improve at all.

Every stop on the calendar

YearsProgramWalked intoYear 1BestVs. talent
2018–2018Kansas State28.150.450.4−0.2
2020–2026Old Dominion41.283.598.2+26.5
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