The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Bradley Dale Peveto.

Defensive coordinator · 5 seasons · 3 stints · 3 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense+0.15#115 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 of that tenure, not calendar yearn=659n=400n=218median still in the jobnot a pathUTEP, year 1: 66th percentileUTEP, year 2: 58th percentileUTEP, year 3: 30th percentileUTEPTexas State, year 1: 52nd percentileTexas State, year 2: 59th percentileTexas StateNorth Texas: just hired
UTEP 2021–2023
Texas State 2024–2025
North Texas 2026–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
UTEP, 3 years
−35.3
65.8 to 30.5 percentile.
Texas State, 2 years
+7.3
51.9 to 59.2 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
2021–2023UTEP45.365.865.8+15.4
2024–2025Texas State65.851.959.2+9.5
2026–2026North Texasno record

Texas State 2024–2025: ranked 66th the year before he arrived, 59th at its best — went backwards.

North Texas: just hired, no season coached yet.

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