The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
John Papuchis.
Defensive coordinator · 3 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense−0.09#291 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.
Nebraska 2014–2014
North Carolina 2017–2018
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
North Carolina, 2 years
−5.4
38.8 to 33.5 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
| Years | Program | Walked into | Year 1 | Best | Vs. talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2014 | Nebraska | no record | 50.4 | 50.4 | — |
| 2017–2018 | North Carolina | 48.0 | 38.8 | 38.8 | −22.4 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (Nebraska, 2014) — the data floor starts there.
North Carolina 2017–2018: ranked 48th the year before he arrived, 39th at its best — went backwards.