The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Charlie Frye.

Offensive coordinator · 4 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense+0.10#89 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 of that tenure, not calendar yearn=691n=405median still in the jobnot a pathCentral Michigan, year 1: 63rd percentileCentral Michigan, year 2: 44th percentileCentral Mich…Florida Atlantic, year 1: 41st percentileFlorida Atlantic, year 2: 45th percentileFlorida Atla…
Central Michigan 2019–2020
Florida Atlantic 2023–2024
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Central Michigan, 2 years
−19.0
63.5 to 44.5 percentile.
Florida Atlantic, 2 years
+4.2
41.0 to 45.1 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

YearsProgramWalked intoYear 1BestVs. talent
2019–2020Central Michigan0.463.563.5+13.1
2023–2024Florida Atlantic61.541.045.1−5.2

Florida Atlantic 2023–2024: ranked 61st the year before he arrived, 45th at its best — went backwards.

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