The Zeitgeist List · Coordinators · Never a head coach
Vic Koenning.
Defensive coordinator · 7 seasons · 3 stints · 3 programs1 season ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense+0.17not 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.
Troy 2015–2018
West Virginia 2019–2019
UL Monroe 2022–2023
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Troy, 4 years
▲ 24.7
44.1 to 68.8 percentile.
UL Monroe, 2 years
▼ 3.4
24.0 to 20.7 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
| Years | Program | Walked into | Year 1 | Best | Vs. talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–2018 | Troy | 14.5 | 44.1 | 92.7 | ▲ 25.7 |
| 2019–2019 | West Virginia | 28.8 | 51.9 | 51.9 | ▼ 3.1 |
| 2022–2023 | UL Monroe | 33.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | ▼ 14.1 |
UL Monroe 2022–2023: ranked 33rd the year before he arrived, 24th at its best — went backwards.