The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

William Inge.

Defensive coordinator · 4 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense+0.16#108 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 of that tenure, not calendar yearn=659n=400median still in the jobnot a pathFresno State, year 1: 41st percentileFresno State, year 2: 87th percentileFresno StWashington, year 1: 23rd percentileWashington, year 2: 15th percentileWashington
Fresno State 2020–2021
Washington 2022–2023
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Fresno State, 2 years
+46.0
40.6 to 86.5 percentile.
Washington, 2 years
−7.1
22.5 to 15.4 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
2020–2021Fresno State47.340.686.5+17.6
2022–2023Washington48.822.522.5−40.9

Washington 2022–2023: ranked 49th the year before he arrived, 23rd at its best — went backwards.

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