The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Steve Clinkscale.
Defensive coordinator · 3 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs1 season ranked in the national top 10%
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.
Cincinnati 2015–2015
Michigan 2022–2023
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Michigan, 2 years
+16.0
82.8 to 98.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–2015 | Cincinnati | 40.2 | 29.3 | 29.3 | −19.4 |
| 2022–2023 | Michigan | 89.6 | 82.8 | 98.9 | +27.7 |
Cincinnati 2015–2015: ranked 40th the year before he arrived, 29th at its best — went backwards.