The Zeitgeist List · Coordinators · Never a head coach
Brian Lindgren.
Offensive coordinator · 12 seasons · 4 stints · 3 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense+0.03not distinguishable from zero
model fit as of 2026-09-04
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.
Colorado 2014–2017
Oregon State 2018–2023
Michigan State 2024–2025
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Colorado, 4 years
▼ 2.1
38.7 to 36.5 percentile.
Oregon State, 6 years
▲ 46.0
28.1 to 74.1 percentile.
Michigan State, 2 years
▲ 8.5
23.5 to 32.0 percentile.
Median offensive coordinator
+0.5
first season to last, across 222 stints of 3+ years. 50.9% improve at all.
Every stop on the calendar
| Years | Program | Walked into | Year 1 | Best | Vs. talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2015 | Colorado | 6.0 | 38.7 | 38.7 | ▼ 26.4 |
| 2016–2017 | Colorado | 25.4 | 16.8 | 36.5 | ▼ 24.6 |
| 2018–2023 | Oregon State | 21.9 | 28.1 | 85.0 | ▲ 12.9 |
| 2024–2025 | Michigan State | 1.9 | 23.5 | 32.0 | ▼ 28.4 |