The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Josh Conklin.
Defensive coordinator · 4 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense−0.28#409 of 458 · less 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.
Florida International 2014–2014
Pittsburgh 2015–2017
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Pittsburgh, 3 years
+30.4
25.4 to 55.8 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
| Years | Program | Walked into | Year 1 | Best | Vs. talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2014 | Florida International | no record | 84.0 | 84.0 | — |
| 2015–2017 | Pittsburgh | 1.2 | 25.4 | 55.8 | −20.0 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (Florida International, 2014) — the data floor starts there.