The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Buster Faulkner.
Offensive coordinator · 9 seasons · 5 stints · 5 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense+0.08#105 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.
Middle Tennessee 2014–2015
Arkansas State 2016–2018
Southern Miss 2019–2019
Georgia Tech 2023–2025
Florida 2026–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Middle Tennessee, 2 years
+21.1
48.8 to 69.9 percentile.
Arkansas State, 3 years
+35.6
33.2 to 68.8 percentile.
Georgia Tech, 3 years
+15.3
71.8 to 87.1 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
| Years | Program | Walked into | Year 1 | Best | Vs. talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2015 | Middle Tennessee | no record | 48.8 | 69.9 | +24.1 |
| 2016–2018 | Arkansas State | 67.6 | 33.2 | 68.8 | +3.3 |
| 2019–2019 | Southern Miss | 13.5 | 35.0 | 35.0 | −9.7 |
| 2023–2025 | Georgia Tech | 9.5 | 71.8 | 87.1 | +20.0 |
| 2026–2026 | Florida | no record | — | — | — |
No prior-season record for the first stop (Middle Tennessee, 2014) — the data floor starts there.
Florida: just hired, no season coached yet.