The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Neal Neathery.
Defensive coordinator · 9 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense+0.05#181 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.
UTSA 2014–2015
Eastern Michigan 2016–2022
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
UTSA, 2 years
−27.3
62.1 to 34.8 percentile.
Eastern Michigan, 7 years
+4.1
19.1 to 23.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2015 | UTSA | no record | 62.1 | 62.1 | −5.7 |
| 2016–2022 | Eastern Michigan | 1.2 | 19.1 | 84.2 | −3.7 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (UTSA, 2014) — the data floor starts there.