The Zeitgeist List · Coordinators · Never a head coach
Ikaika Malloe.
Defensive coordinator · 4 seasons · 3 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense−0.13not distinguishable from zero
model fit as of 2026-09-04
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.
Washington 2020–2021
UCLA 2024–2025
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Washington, 2 years
▼ 6.0
61.0 to 55.0 percentile.
UCLA, 2 years
▼ 42.8
61.6 to 18.8 percentile.
Median defensive coordinator
+0.5
first season to last, across 235 stints of 3+ years. 50.6% improve at all.
Every stop on the calendar
| Years | Program | Walked into | Year 1 | Best | Vs. talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2020 | Washington | 95.8 | 61.0 | 61.0 | 0.0 |
| 2021–2021 | Washington | 61.0 | 55.0 | 55.0 | ▼ 6.1 |
| 2024–2025 | UCLA | 85.3 | 61.6 | 61.6 | ▼ 18.4 |
Washington 2020–2020: ranked 96th the year before he arrived, 61st at its best — went backwards.
Washington 2021–2021: ranked 61st the year before he arrived, 55th at its best — went backwards.
UCLA 2024–2025: ranked 85th the year before he arrived, 62nd at its best — went backwards.