The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Nate Faanes.

Defensive coordinator · 2 seasons · 3 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense−0.08#283 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.

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 of that tenure, not calendar yearn=659median still in the jobnot a pathOhio, year 1: 88th percentileOhioCharlotte, year 1: 29th percentileCharlotte
Ohio 2024–2024
Charlotte 2025–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
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
2024–2024Ohio93.687.787.7+51.6
2025–2025Charlotte29.529.029.0−12.2
2026–2026Charlotteno record

Ohio 2024–2024: ranked 94th the year before he arrived, 88th at its best — went backwards.

Charlotte 2025–2025: ranked 29th the year before he arrived, 29th at its best — went backwards.

Charlotte: just hired, no season coached yet.

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