The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Brad White.
Defensive coordinator · 7 seasons · 4 stints · 2 programs1 season ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense+0.19#92 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.
Kentucky 2019–2025
Florida 2026–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Kentucky, 7 years
−15.5
68.8 to 53.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–2020 | Kentucky | 70.4 | 68.8 | 68.8 | −1.5 |
| 2021–2021 | Kentucky | 43.7 | 56.5 | 56.5 | −1.4 |
| 2022–2025 | Kentucky | 56.5 | 92.0 | 92.0 | +7.4 |
| 2026–2026 | Florida | no record | — | — | — |
Kentucky 2019–2020: ranked 70th the year before he arrived, 69th at its best — went backwards.
Florida: just hired, no season coached yet.