The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Bob Shoop.
Defensive coordinator · 6 seasons · 3 stints · 3 programs2 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense+0.03#193 of 458 · a typical amount
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.
Penn State 2014–2015
Tennessee 2016–2017
Mississippi State 2018–2019
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Penn State, 2 years
−34.4
97.3 to 62.9 percentile.
Tennessee, 2 years
−1.4
41.0 to 39.6 percentile.
Mississippi State, 2 years
−53.8
98.8 to 45.0 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
| Years | Program | Walked into | Year 1 | Best | Vs. talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2015 | Penn State | no record | 97.3 | 97.3 | +2.5 |
| 2016–2017 | Tennessee | 76.2 | 41.0 | 41.0 | −23.1 |
| 2018–2019 | Mississippi State | 95.8 | 98.8 | 98.8 | +12.1 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (Penn State, 2014) — the data floor starts there.
Tennessee 2016–2017: ranked 76th the year before he arrived, 41st at its best — went backwards.