The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Matt House.
Defensive coordinator · 6 seasons · 4 stints · 4 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense−0.27#406 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.
Pittsburgh 2014–2014
Florida International 2015–2015
Kentucky 2017–2018
LSU 2022–2023
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Kentucky, 2 years
+61.5
8.8 to 70.4 percentile.
LSU, 2 years
−79.5
85.9 to 6.4 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 | Pittsburgh | no record | 1.2 | 1.2 | — |
| 2015–2015 | Florida International | 84.0 | 37.1 | 37.1 | −3.7 |
| 2017–2018 | Kentucky | 17.6 | 8.8 | 70.4 | −17.8 |
| 2022–2023 | LSU | 81.2 | 85.9 | 85.9 | −20.4 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (Pittsburgh, 2014) — the data floor starts there.
Florida International 2015–2015: ranked 84th the year before he arrived, 37th at its best — went backwards.