The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Marcel Yates.
Defensive coordinator · 6 seasons · 3 stints · 2 programs1 season ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense−0.18#367 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.
Boise State 2014–2015
Arizona 2016–2019
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Boise State, 2 years
+7.0
84.8 to 91.8 percentile.
Arizona, 4 years
+1.3
14.5 to 15.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2015 | Boise State | no record | 84.8 | 91.8 | +39.2 |
| 2016–2018 | Arizona | 15.2 | 14.5 | 34.2 | −34.0 |
| 2019–2019 | Arizona | 34.2 | 15.8 | 15.8 | −34.9 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (Boise State, 2014) — the data floor starts there.
Arizona 2019–2019: ranked 34th the year before he arrived, 16th at its best — went backwards.