The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Nate Woody.
Defensive coordinator · 11 seasons · 6 stints · 4 programs2 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense+0.40#20 of 458 · more 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.
App State 2014–2017
Georgia Tech 2018–2018
Army 2020–2025
Cincinnati 2026–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
App State, 4 years
+5.0
76.2 to 81.2 percentile.
Army, 6 years
−41.3
90.9 to 49.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2017 | App State | no record | 76.2 | 97.3 | +52.4 |
| 2018–2018 | Georgia Tech | 50.4 | 11.9 | 11.9 | −41.6 |
| 2020–2020 | Army | 33.5 | 90.9 | 90.9 | +63.2 |
| 2021–2021 | Army | 90.9 | 34.2 | 34.2 | +6.6 |
| 2022–2025 | Army | 34.2 | 68.3 | 68.3 | +18.7 |
| 2026–2026 | Cincinnati | no record | — | — | — |
No prior-season record for the first stop (App State, 2014) — the data floor starts there.
Georgia Tech 2018–2018: ranked 50th the year before he arrived, 12th at its best — went backwards.
Army 2021–2021: ranked 91st the year before he arrived, 34th at its best — went backwards.
Cincinnati: just hired, no season coached yet.