The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Zac Alley.
Defensive coordinator · 4 seasons · 4 stints · 4 programs1 season ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense+0.12#133 of 458 · a typical amount
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.
UL Monroe 2021–2021
Jacksonville State 2023–2023
Oklahoma 2024–2024
West Virginia 2025–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–2021 | UL Monroe | 2.0 | 25.8 | 25.8 | −8.9 |
| 2023–2023 | Jacksonville State | no record | 94.4 | 94.4 | +62.7 |
| 2024–2024 | Oklahoma | 88.3 | 89.9 | 89.9 | +23.6 |
| 2025–2026 | West Virginia | 2.6 | 47.4 | 47.4 | −3.6 |