The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Tyler Stockton.

Defensive coordinator · 7 seasons · 3 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense+0.34#32 of 458 · more 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 pathBall State, year 1: 23rd percentileBall State, year 2: 48th percentileBall State, year 3: 38th percentileBall State, year 4: 57th percentileBall State, year 5: 80th percentileBall StBoise State, year 1: 58th percentileBoise State, year 2: 73rd percentileBoise State
Ball State 2019–2023
Boise State 2024–2025
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Ball State, 5 years
+56.6
23.5 to 80.1 percentile.
Boise State, 2 years
+15.3
57.8 to 73.2 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
2019–2019Ball State19.623.523.5−12.3
2020–2023Ball State23.547.680.1+18.4
2024–2025Boise State53.857.873.2+17.6
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