The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Vince Kehres.
Defensive coordinator · 6 seasons · 3 stints · 2 programs2 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense+0.64#2 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.
Toledo 2020–2025
Syracuse 2026–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Toledo, 6 years
+25.3
73.6 to 98.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2023 | Toledo | 6.5 | 73.6 | 90.4 | +34.3 |
| 2024–2025 | Toledo | 75.6 | 84.7 | 98.9 | +44.4 |
| 2026–2026 | Syracuse | no record | — | — | — |
Syracuse: just hired, no season coached yet.