The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Craig Naivar.
Defensive coordinator · 3 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense−0.09#297 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.
Texas 2019–2019
Coastal Carolina 2023–2024
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Coastal Carolina, 2 years
−26.4
41.7 to 15.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–2019 | Texas | 49.6 | 53.5 | 53.5 | −13.4 |
| 2023–2024 | Coastal Carolina | 4.2 | 41.7 | 41.7 | −17.3 |