The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Joe Klanderman.

Defensive coordinator · 6 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense+0.05#182 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 3Year 4Year 5Year 6Year of that tenure, not calendar yearn=659n=400n=218n=122n=67n=39median still in the jobnot a pathKansas State, year 1: 11th percentileKansas State, year 2: 43rd percentileKansas State, year 3: 53rd percentileKansas State, year 4: 39th percentileKansas State, year 5: 79th percentileKansas State, year 6: 67th percentileKansas StBaylor: just hired
Kansas State 2020–2025
Baylor 2026–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Kansas State, 6 years
+56.6
10.6 to 67.3 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
2020–2025Kansas State36.510.679.5−2.0
2026–2026Baylorno record———

Baylor: just hired, no season coached yet.

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