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Tyler Stockton.

Defensive coordinator · 7 seasons · 3 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense+0.35not distinguishable from zero
model fit as of 2026-09-04

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=730n=430n=235n=124n=76Ball State, year 1: 23rd percentileBall State, year 2: 81st percentileBall State, year 3: 22nd percentileBall State, year 4: 57th percentileBall State, year 5: 80th percentileBall StBoise State, year 1: 58th percentileBoise State, year 2: 73rd percentileBoise Statemedian still in the job
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
+0.5
first season to last, across 235 stints of 3+ years. 50.6% improve at all.

Every stop on the calendar

YearsProgramWalked intoYear 1BestVs. talent
2019–2019Ball State19.623.523.5▼ 12.8
2020–2023Ball State23.580.780.7▲ 22.1
2024–2025Boise State53.857.873.2▲ 17.6
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