The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Bryan Brown.

Defensive coordinator · 8 seasons · 7 stints · 4 programs3 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense−0.18#365 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.

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 4Year of that tenure, not calendar yearn=659n=400n=218n=122median still in the jobnot a pathApp State, year 1: 98th percentileApp StateLouisville, year 1: 4th percentileLouisville, year 2: 61st percentileLouisville, year 3: 32nd percentileLouisville, year 4: 97th percentileLouisvilleCincinnati, year 1: 0th percentileCincinnatiOle Miss, year 1: 96th percentileOle Miss, year 2: 65th percentileOle Miss
App State 2018–2018
Louisville 2019–2022
Cincinnati 2023–2023
Ole Miss 2024–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Louisville, 4 years
+93.1
4.2 to 97.3 percentile.
Ole Miss, 3 years
−30.8
95.9 to 65.1 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
2018–2018App State81.298.198.1+58.7
2019–2020Louisville1.94.261.0−22.1
2021–2021Louisville61.031.931.9−19.7
2022–2022Louisville31.997.397.3+46.0
2023–2023Cincinnati87.40.40.4−52.9
2024–2025Ole Miss41.095.995.9+19.6
2026–2026Ole Missno record

Louisville 2021–2021: ranked 61st the year before he arrived, 32nd at its best — went backwards.

Cincinnati 2023–2023: ranked 87th the year before he arrived, 0th at its best — went backwards.

Ole Miss: just hired, no season coached yet.

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