The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Jack Curtis.

Defensive coordinator · 9 seasons · 5 stints · 4 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense+0.19#91 of 458 · more 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.

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 3Year 4Year 5Year of that tenure, not calendar yearn=659n=400n=218n=122n=67median still in the jobnot a pathGeorgia Southern, year 1: 43rd percentileGeorgia Southern, year 2: 52nd percentileGeorgia SouthernTulane, year 1: 76th percentileTulane, year 2: 21st percentileTulane, year 3: 71st percentileTulane, year 4: 57th percentileTulane, year 5: 66th percentileTulaneLiberty, year 1: 68th percentileLiberty, year 2: 74th percentileLibertyMissouri State: just hired
Georgia Southern 2014–2015
Tulane 2016–2020
Liberty 2021–2022
Missouri State 2026–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Georgia Southern, 2 years
+8.6
43.4 to 52.0 percentile.
Tulane, 5 years
−10.4
76.2 to 65.7 percentile.
Liberty, 2 years
+5.6
68.1 to 73.7 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
2014–2015Georgia Southernno record43.452.0+8.2
2016–2020Tulane28.576.276.2+12.6
2021–2021Liberty50.868.168.1+36.3
2022–2022Liberty68.173.773.7+41.9
2026–2026Missouri Stateno record

No prior-season record for the first stop (Georgia Southern, 2014) — the data floor starts there.

Missouri State: just hired, no season coached yet.

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