The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Travis Pearson.
Defensive coordinator · 3 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense−0.19#375 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.
South Alabama 2014–2015
Georgia State 2025–2025
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
South Alabama, 2 years
−7.0
30.9 to 23.8 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
| Years | Program | Walked into | Year 1 | Best | Vs. talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2015 | South Alabama | no record | 30.9 | 30.9 | −17.6 |
| 2025–2025 | Georgia State | 16.8 | 12.1 | 12.1 | −36.1 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (South Alabama, 2014) — the data floor starts there.
Georgia State 2025–2025: ranked 17th the year before he arrived, 12th at its best — went backwards.