The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Michael Scherer.
Defensive coordinator · 3 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense−0.31#427 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.
UNLV 2023–2024
Purdue 2025–2025
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
UNLV, 2 years
+74.6
1.9 to 76.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023–2024 | UNLV | 39.3 | 1.9 | 76.5 | −2.9 |
| 2025–2025 | Purdue | 1.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 | −49.5 |