The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Clint Bowen.
Defensive coordinator · 6 seasons · 4 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense−0.24#395 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.
Kansas 2014–2018
North Texas 2020–2020
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Kansas, 5 years
+13.5
21.5 to 35.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2014 | Kansas | no record | 21.5 | 21.5 | — |
| 2015–2017 | Kansas | 21.5 | 4.3 | 52.7 | −22.2 |
| 2018–2018 | Kansas | 23.5 | 35.0 | 35.0 | −13.8 |
| 2020–2020 | North Texas | 31.9 | 5.9 | 5.9 | −39.1 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (Kansas, 2014) — the data floor starts there.
North Texas 2020–2020: ranked 32nd the year before he arrived, 6th at its best — went backwards.