The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Tim Tibesar.

Defensive coordinator · 8 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense−0.42#450 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 3Year 4Year of that tenure, not calendar yearn=659n=400n=218n=122median 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 StAkron, year 1: 39th percentileAkron, year 2: 48th percentileAkron, year 3: 44th percentileAkron, year 4: 61st 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
+22.8
38.5 to 61.4 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
2018–2021Oregon State2.71.231.2−35.8
2022–2026Akron4.238.561.4+4.8
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