The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Brian Smith.

Offensive coordinator · 5 seasons · 3 stints · 3 programs1 season ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense+0.26#10 of 472 · more 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 pathHawai'i, year 1: 30th percentileHawai'i, year 2: 49th percentileHawai'i, year 3: 93rd percentileHawai'iWashington State, year 1: 70th percentileWashington StateOhio, year 1: 89th percentileOhio
Hawai'i 2017–2019
Washington State 2021–2021
Ohio 2024–2024
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Hawai'i, 3 years
+62.3
30.4 to 92.7 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
2017–2019Hawai'i64.530.492.7+18.8
2021–2021Washington State28.069.669.6+18.7
2024–2024Ohio59.889.289.2+54.3
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