The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Alex Atkins.

Offensive coordinator · 4 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs1 season ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.12#406 of 472 · less than most

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 offense’s national rank, by year of tenureYear 1Year 2Year 3Year of that tenure, not calendar yearn=691n=405n=203median still in the jobnot a pathCharlotte, year 1: 72nd percentileCharlotteFlorida State, year 1: 94th percentileFlorida State, year 2: 45th percentileFlorida State, year 3: 8th percentileFlorida St
Charlotte 2019–2019
Florida State 2022–2024
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Florida State, 3 years
−85.7
93.5 to 7.8 percentile.
Median offensive coordinator
+4.7
first season to last, across 222 stints of 3+ years. 52.7% improve at all.

Every stop on the calendar

YearsProgramWalked intoYear 1BestVs. talent
2019–2019Charlotte25.871.971.9+32.8
2022–2024Florida State58.193.593.5−14.2
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