The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

DeMontie Cross.

Defensive coordinator · 2 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense−0.06#268 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.

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 of that tenure, not calendar yearn=659median still in the jobnot a pathTCU, year 1: 80th percentileTCUMissouri, year 1: 33rd percentileMissouri
TCU 2015–2015
Missouri 2016–2016
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
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
2015–2015TCU98.880.180.1+24.6
2016–2016Missouri93.433.233.2−22.5

TCU 2015–2015: ranked 99th the year before he arrived, 80th at its best — went backwards.

Missouri 2016–2016: ranked 93rd the year before he arrived, 33rd at its best — went backwards.

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