The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Brian Brohm.

Offensive coordinator · 10 seasons · 5 stints · 3 programs2 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.01#240 of 472 · a typical amount

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 4Year 5Year 6Year of that tenure, not calendar yearn=691n=405n=203n=102n=58n=27median still in the jobnot a pathWestern Kentucky, year 1: 100th percentileWestern KentuckyPurdue, year 1: 34th percentilePurdue, year 2: 52nd percentilePurdue, year 3: 30th percentilePurdue, year 4: 52nd percentilePurdue, year 5: 72nd percentilePurdue, year 6: 30th percentilePurdueLouisville, year 1: 62nd percentileLouisville, year 2: 92nd percentileLouisville, year 3: 55th percentileLouisville
Western Kentucky 2016–2016
Purdue 2017–2022
Louisville 2023–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Purdue, 6 years
−4.1
34.2 to 30.2 percentile.
Louisville, 4 years
−7.3
62.0 to 54.8 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
2016–2016Western Kentucky94.999.699.6+57.0
2017–2017Purdue14.534.234.2−14.6
2018–2021Purdue34.251.971.9−1.3
2022–2022Purdue71.930.230.2−23.1
2023–2026Louisville53.162.092.2+13.1

Purdue 2022–2022: ranked 72nd the year before he arrived, 30th at its best — went backwards.

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