The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
A. J. Ricker.
Offensive coordinator · 7 seasons · 4 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
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.
SMU 2020–2021
TCU 2022–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
SMU, 2 years
−4.2
80.7 to 76.5 percentile.
TCU, 5 years
−73.9
85.9 to 12.0 percentile.
Median offensive coordinator
−0.6
first season to last, across 222 stints of 3+ years. 48.6% improve at all.
Every stop on the calendar
| Years | Program | Walked into | Year 1 | Best | Vs. talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2021 | SMU | 72.7 | 80.7 | 80.7 | +27.4 |
| 2022–2022 | TCU | 68.8 | 85.9 | 85.9 | +28.0 |
| 2023–2025 | TCU | 85.9 | 65.0 | 84.0 | +12.8 |
| 2026–2026 | TCU | 68.8 | 12.0 | 12.0 | — |
TCU 2023–2025: ranked 86th the year before he arrived, 84th at its best — went backwards.
TCU 2026–2026: ranked 69th the year before he arrived, 12th at its best — went backwards.