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−0.09#293 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 2Year of that tenure, not calendar yearn=659n=400median still in the jobnot a pathWashington, year 1: 58th percentileWashington, year 2: 49th percentileWashingtonUCLA, year 1: 62nd percentileUCLA, year 2: 19th percentileUCLA
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
−9.0
57.9 to 48.8 percentile.
UCLA, 2 years
−42.8
61.6 to 18.8 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

YearsProgramWalked intoYear 1BestVs. talent
2020–2020Washington95.857.957.9−3.5
2021–2021Washington57.948.848.8−12.7
2024–2025UCLA85.361.661.6−18.6

Washington 2020–2020: ranked 96th the year before he arrived, 58th at its best — went backwards.

Washington 2021–2021: ranked 58th the year before he arrived, 49th at its best — went backwards.

UCLA 2024–2025: ranked 85th the year before he arrived, 62nd at its best — went backwards.

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