The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Patrick Toney.
Defensive coordinator · 3 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs1 season ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense+0.40#21 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.
Louisiana 2020–2021
Florida 2022–2022
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Louisiana, 2 years
−19.8
92.5 to 72.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2021 | Louisiana | 61.2 | 92.5 | 92.5 | +40.1 |
| 2022–2022 | Florida | 59.6 | 30.9 | 30.9 | −33.1 |
Florida 2022–2022: ranked 60th the year before he arrived, 31st at its best — went backwards.