The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Tim Daoust.

Defensive coordinator · 3 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense−0.23#392 of 458 · less 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.

100th — best in the country90th — elite — top 10%75th — top quarter50th — national median25th — bottom quarter0 — worst in the countryHis defense’s national rank, by year of tenureYear 1Year 2Year of that tenure, not calendar yearn=659n=400median still in the jobnot a pathBall State, year 1: 22nd percentileBall StateWestern Michigan, year 1: 50th percentileWestern Michigan, year 2: 6th percentileWestern Mich…
Ball State 2016–2016
Western Michigan 2017–2018
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Western Michigan, 2 years
−43.8
49.6 to 5.8 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

YearsProgramWalked intoYear 1BestVs. talent
2016–2016Ball State2.722.322.3−16.9
2017–2018Western Michigan34.849.649.6−18.6
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