The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Matt Powledge.

Defensive coordinator · 4 seasons · 3 stints · 3 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense−0.25#401 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.

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 3Year of that tenure, not calendar yearn=659n=400n=218median still in the jobnot a pathOregon, year 1: 42nd percentileOregonBaylor, year 1: 7th percentileBaylor, year 2: 37th percentileBaylor, year 3: 39th percentileBaylorNorth Texas: just hired
Oregon 2022–2022
Baylor 2023–2025
North Texas 2026–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Baylor, 3 years
+31.5
7.1 to 38.6 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
2022–2022Oregon41.242.442.4−24.5
2023–2025Baylor25.67.138.6−27.8
2026–2026North Texasno record

North Texas: just hired, no season coached yet.

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