The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Brian George.
Defensive coordinator · 6 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense−0.20#376 of 458 · less 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.
Kent State 2014–2015
Toledo 2016–2019
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Kent State, 2 years
+26.6
48.0 to 74.6 percentile.
Toledo, 4 years
−45.4
52.0 to 6.5 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 | Kent State | no record | 48.0 | 74.6 | +35.8 |
| 2016–2019 | Toledo | 87.9 | 52.0 | 52.0 | −14.2 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (Kent State, 2014) — the data floor starts there.
Toledo 2016–2019: ranked 88th the year before he arrived, 52nd at its best — went backwards.