The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Brian Stewart.
Defensive coordinator · 5 seasons · 4 stints · 3 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense−0.33#431 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.
Maryland 2014–2014
Rice 2017–2017
Maryland 2021–2021
Middle Tennessee 2024–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Middle Tennessee, 3 years
+20.5
6.3 to 26.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2014 | Maryland | no record | 33.2 | 33.2 | — |
| 2017–2017 | Rice | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.8 | −36.6 |
| 2021–2021 | Maryland | 49.2 | 28.8 | 28.8 | −28.3 |
| 2024–2026 | Middle Tennessee | 74.1 | 6.3 | 26.8 | −23.8 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (Maryland, 2014) — the data floor starts there.
Rice 2017–2017: ranked 6th the year before he arrived, 6th at its best — went backwards.
Maryland 2021–2021: ranked 49th the year before he arrived, 29th at its best — went backwards.
Middle Tennessee 2024–2026: ranked 74th the year before he arrived, 27th at its best — went backwards.