The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
L. D. Scott.
Defensive coordinator · 1 season · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
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.
Missouri State 2025–2025
Coastal Carolina 2026–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2025 | Missouri State | no record | 9.9 | 9.9 | −22.6 |
| 2026–2026 | Coastal Carolina | no record | — | — | — |
No prior-season record for the first stop (Missouri State, 2025) — the data floor starts there.
Coastal Carolina: just hired, no season coached yet.