The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Phil Bennett.
Defensive coordinator · 6 seasons · 4 stints · 3 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense−0.07#277 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.
Baylor 2014–2016
Arizona State 2017–2017
North Texas 2021–2022
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Baylor, 3 years
+25.0
37.9 to 62.9 percentile.
North Texas, 2 years
−65.5
75.0 to 9.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2016 | Baylor | no record | 37.9 | 62.9 | +2.2 |
| 2017–2017 | Arizona State | 7.4 | 24.2 | 24.2 | −36.2 |
| 2021–2021 | North Texas | 5.9 | 75.0 | 75.0 | +27.8 |
| 2022–2022 | North Texas | 75.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | −38.4 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (Baylor, 2014) — the data floor starts there.
North Texas 2022–2022: ranked 75th the year before he arrived, 10th at its best — went backwards.