The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Wesley McGriff.

Defensive coordinator · 3 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs1 season ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense−0.22#388 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.

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 of that tenure, not calendar yearn=659n=400median still in the jobnot a pathOle Miss, year 1: 22nd percentileOle Miss, year 2: 26th percentileOle MissLouisville, year 1: 97th percentileLouisville
Ole Miss 2017–2018
Louisville 2022–2022
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Ole Miss, 2 years
+3.8
21.9 to 25.8 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

YearsProgramWalked intoYear 1BestVs. talent
2017–2018Ole Miss12.121.925.8−37.1
2022–2022Louisville31.997.397.3+46.0
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