The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Mike Breske.
Defensive coordinator · 4 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
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.
Washington State 2014–2014
Idaho 2015–2017
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Idaho, 3 years
+54.5
5.1 to 59.6 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
| Years | Program | Walked into | Year 1 | Best | Vs. talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2014 | Washington State | no record | 13.7 | 13.7 | — |
| 2015–2017 | Idaho | 9.8 | 5.1 | 59.6 | — |
No prior-season record for the first stop (Washington State, 2014) — the data floor starts there.