Tony Petersen.
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.
Every stop on the calendar
| Years | Program | Walked into | Year 1 | Best | Vs. talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2015 | Louisiana Tech | no record | 79.3 | 84.8 | +37.7 |
| 2016–2018 | East Carolina | 48.8 | 54.3 | 54.3 | −18.1 |
| 2020–2020 | App State | 85.0 | 65.7 | 65.7 | +24.9 |
| 2021–2021 | Illinois | 39.0 | 18.8 | 18.8 | −34.3 |
| 2026–2026 | Northern Illinois | 15.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | — |
No prior-season record for the first stop (Louisiana Tech, 2014) — the data floor starts there.
App State 2020–2020: ranked 85th the year before he arrived, 66th at its best — went backwards.
Illinois 2021–2021: ranked 39th the year before he arrived, 19th at its best — went backwards.
Northern Illinois 2026–2026: ranked 16th the year before he arrived, 2nd at its best — went backwards.