The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Kane Ioane.

Defensive coordinator · 6 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense−0.12#312 of 458 · a typical amount
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.

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 3Year of that tenure, not calendar yearn=721n=435n=239median still in the jobnot a pathBoise State, year 1: 87th percentileBoise State, year 2: 84th percentileBoise State, year 3: 54th percentileBoise StNevada, year 1: 16th percentileNevada, year 2: 34th percentileNevada, year 3: 32nd percentileNevada
Boise State 2021–2023
Nevada 2024–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Boise State, 3 years
−33.5
87.3 to 53.8 percentile.
Nevada, 3 years
+16.2
16.0 to 32.2 percentile.
Median defensive coordinator
−1.5
first season to last, across 239 stints of 3+ years. 48.1% improve at all.

Every stop on the calendar

YearsProgramWalked intoYear 1BestVs. talent
2021–2023Boise State61.887.387.3+25.8
2024–2026Nevada35.716.034.2−14.7

Nevada 2024–2026: ranked 36th the year before he arrived, 34th at its best — went backwards.

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