The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Chuck Heater.
Defensive coordinator · 6 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs1 season ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense+0.01#210 of 458 · a typical amount
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.
Marshall 2014–2017
Colorado State 2020–2021
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Marshall, 4 years
−5.9
85.5 to 79.6 percentile.
Colorado State, 2 years
−44.9
78.3 to 33.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2017 | Marshall | no record | 85.5 | 91.0 | +15.7 |
| 2020–2021 | Colorado State | 48.8 | 78.3 | 78.3 | +11.0 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (Marshall, 2014) — the data floor starts there.