The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Maurice Crum Jr..
Defensive coordinator · 5 seasons · 5 stints · 3 programs1 season ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense+0.06#171 of 458 · a typical amount
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.
Western Kentucky 2020–2021
Ole Miss 2022–2022
SMU 2024–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Western Kentucky, 2 years
−18.8
82.3 to 63.5 percentile.
SMU, 3 years
−7.3
96.6 to 89.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2020 | Western Kentucky | 75.8 | 82.3 | 82.3 | +36.4 |
| 2021–2021 | Western Kentucky | 82.3 | 63.5 | 63.5 | +15.1 |
| 2022–2022 | Ole Miss | 62.7 | 43.9 | 43.9 | −16.0 |
| 2024–2025 | SMU | 95.1 | 96.6 | 96.6 | +33.5 |
| 2026–2026 | SMU | no record | — | — | — |
Western Kentucky 2021–2021: ranked 82nd the year before he arrived, 63rd at its best — went backwards.
Ole Miss 2022–2022: ranked 63rd the year before he arrived, 44th at its best — went backwards.
SMU: just hired, no season coached yet.