The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Travaris Robinson.

Defensive coordinator · 7 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense−0.18#363 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 5Year of that tenure, not calendar yearn=659n=400n=218n=122n=67median still in the jobnot a pathSouth Carolina, year 1: 54th percentileSouth Carolina, year 2: 77th percentileSouth Carolina, year 3: 23rd percentileSouth Carolina, year 4: 62nd percentileSouth Carolina, year 5: 4th percentileSouth Caroli…Georgia, year 1: 74th percentileGeorgia, year 2: 83rd percentileGeorgia
South Carolina 2016–2020
Georgia 2024–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
South Carolina, 5 years
−50.0
54.3 to 4.3 percentile.
Georgia, 3 years
+8.5
74.3 to 82.7 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
2016–2020South Carolina14.554.377.3−15.9
2024–2026Georgia89.874.382.7+4.2

Georgia 2024–2026: ranked 90th the year before he arrived, 83rd at its best — went backwards.

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