The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Tim Tibesar.

Defensive coordinator · 9 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense−0.43#447 of 458 · less than most
model fit as of 2026-09-04

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 3Year 4Year 5Year of that tenure, not calendar yearn=721n=435n=239n=126n=76median still in the jobnot a pathOregon State, year 1: 1st percentileOregon State, year 2: 31st percentileOregon State, year 3: 5th percentileOregon State, year 4: 27th percentileOregon StateAkron, year 1: 39th percentileAkron, year 2: 48th percentileAkron, year 3: 44th percentileAkron, year 4: 61st percentileAkron, year 5: 11th percentileAkron
Oregon State 2018–2021
Akron 2022–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Oregon State, 4 years
+26.2
1.2 to 27.3 percentile.
Akron, 5 years
−27.3
38.5 to 11.2 percentile.
Median defensive coordinator
−1.5
first season to last, across 239 stints of 3+ years. 48.1% improve at all.

Every stop on the calendar

YearsProgramWalked intoYear 1BestVs. talent
2018–2021Oregon State2.71.231.2−35.8
2022–2026Akron4.238.561.4+4.8
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