The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Beau Baldwin.

Offensive coordinator · 4 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.21#460 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 pathCalifornia, year 1: 33rd percentileCalifornia, year 2: 2nd percentileCalifornia, year 3: 50th percentileCaliforniaArizona State, year 1: 18th percentileArizona State
California 2017–2019
Arizona State 2023–2023
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
California, 3 years
+16.9
32.7 to 49.6 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
2017–2019California62.932.749.6−25.8
2023–2023Arizona State59.217.717.7−37.4

California 2017–2019: ranked 63rd the year before he arrived, 50th at its best — went backwards.

Arizona State 2023–2023: ranked 59th the year before he arrived, 18th at its best — went backwards.

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