The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Lance Guidry.

Defensive coordinator · 4 seasons · 4 stints · 3 programs1 season ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense+0.28#53 of 458 · more 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.

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 of that tenure, not calendar yearn=659n=400median still in the jobnot a pathMarshall, year 1: 77th percentileMarshall, year 2: 100th percentileMarshallMiami, year 1: 53rd percentileMiami, year 2: 45th percentileMiamiMemphis: just hired
Marshall 2021–2022
Miami 2023–2024
Memphis 2026–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Marshall, 2 years
+22.3
77.3 to 99.6 percentile.
Miami, 2 years
−7.9
53.0 to 45.1 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
2021–2022Marshall80.777.399.6+43.9
2023–2023Miami45.453.053.0−11.1
2024–2024Miami53.045.145.1−18.1
2026–2026Memphisno record

Miami 2024–2024: ranked 53rd the year before he arrived, 45th at its best — went backwards.

Memphis: just hired, no season coached yet.

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