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I studied 48 FBS Defensive Coordinators from 2014-2019. Here are some notable rankings/stats from those time periods.
TFLs 2014-2019: (Listed by TFLs per Game)

1. Venables 8.63
2. Manny Diaz 8.54
3. Don Brown 7.87
4. Brent Pry 7.75
5. Joe Cauthen 7.46
6. Bud Foster 7.19
7. Todd Grantham 7.10
8. Bama 7.07

Other Notables:

Phil Snow 6.82
Jeremy Pruitt 6.51
Aranda 6.25
Kirby Smart 5.29
Sacks 2014-2019: (Listed by Sacks per Game)

1. Venables 3.31
2. Brent Pry 3.18
3. Manny Diaz 2.975
4. Grantham 2.974
5. Bama 2.965
6. Narduzzi 2.96
7. Don Brown 2.92

Other Notables:
Utah 2.88
Gary Patterson 2.74
Dave Aranda 2.64
Bud Foster 2.53
Kirby Smart (UGA) 2.11
Avg Rush Def Ranking (YPC)

1. Vic Koenning
2. Brent Venables
3. Don Brown
4. Nick Saban
5. Jim Leonhard
6. Rocky Long
7. Pete Kwiatkowski
8. Kyle Wittingham
9. Brent Pry
10. Todd Grantham
Takeaways 2014-2019: (Listed by Takeaways/Game)

1. Kyle Wittingham 1.95
2. Todd Grantham 1.94
3. Pete Kwiatkowski 1.914
4. Manny Diaz 1.911
5. Rocky Long 1.89
6. Joe Cauthen 1.87
7. Jim Leonhard 1.85
8. Geoff Collins 1.83
9. Nate Woody 1.82
10. Gary Patterson 1.74
3D Conversion % (i.e. 30% = offense converts on 30% of 3rd downs)

1. Brent Venables 28.7%
2. Don Brown 29.9%
3. Jim Leonhard 31.3%
4. Bud Foster 31.9%
5. Dave Aranda 32%
6. Gary Patterson 32.9%
7. Bama 33.4%
8. Kevin Steele 33.5%
9. Kirby Smart 33.7%
10. Todd Grantham 33.8%
Red Zone TD % (i.e. 55% = Offense scores TD on 55% of RZ attempts)

1. Bama 49%
2. Manny Diaz 50.2%
3. Venables 50.3%
4. Kwiatkowski 50.4%
5. Kevin Steele 50.8%
6. Aranda 51.5%
7. Grantham 51.7%

Other Notables:

Gary Patterson 53.9%
Don Brown 58.8 %
Kirby Smart 59%
Pruitt 62%
Only 2 to be in the top 10 of each category:

Brent Venables (Clemson)
Todd Grantham (Florida)
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