The Zeitgeist List · Coordinators · Never a head coach
Jason Rollins.
Defensive coordinator · 3 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense−0.14not 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.
Tulane 2015–2015
UTSA 2018–2019
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
UTSA, 2 years
▲ 13.8
21.9 to 35.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–2015 | Tulane | 74.6 | 28.5 | 28.5 | ▼ 17.7 |
| 2018–2019 | UTSA | 82.7 | 21.9 | 35.8 | ▼ 16.5 |
Tulane 2015–2015: ranked 75th the year before he arrived, 29th at its best — went backwards.
UTSA 2018–2019: ranked 83rd the year before he arrived, 36th at its best — went backwards.