The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Bryant Haines.
Defensive coordinator · 4 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs3 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense+0.55#6 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.
James Madison 2022–2023
Indiana 2024–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
James Madison, 2 years
−6.7
95.8 to 89.1 percentile.
Indiana, 3 years
+0.8
95.1 to 96.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–2023 | James Madison | no record | 95.8 | 95.8 | +61.8 |
| 2024–2026 | Indiana | 13.9 | 95.1 | 96.0 | +44.9 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (James Madison, 2022) — the data floor starts there.