The Zeitgeist List · Coordinators · Never a head coach
Lorenzo Ward.
Defensive coordinator · 3 seasons · 3 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Defense+0.04not distinguishable from zero
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.
South Carolina 2014–2015
Fresno State 2016–2016
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
South Carolina, 2 years
▼ 8.6
23.0 to 14.5 percentile.
Median defensive coordinator
+0.5
first season to last, across 235 stints of 3+ years. 50.6% improve at all.
Every stop on the calendar
| Years | Program | Walked into | Year 1 | Best | Vs. talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2014 | South Carolina | 47.6 | 23.0 | 23.0 | — |
| 2015–2015 | South Carolina | 23.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | ▼ 45.2 |
| 2016–2016 | Fresno State | 16.0 | 42.6 | 42.6 | ▼ 1.4 |
South Carolina 2014–2014: ranked 48th the year before he arrived, 23rd at its best — went backwards.
South Carolina 2015–2015: ranked 23rd the year before he arrived, 14th at its best — went backwards.