The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Clay Patterson.
Offensive coordinator · 3 seasons · 3 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense+0.02#194 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.
Colorado 2022–2022
Kent State 2024–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Kent State, 3 years
+28.6
1.9 to 30.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–2022 | Colorado | 10.4 | 5.0 | 5.0 | −46.1 |
| 2024–2024 | Kent State | 6.4 | 1.9 | 1.9 | −31.9 |
| 2025–2026 | Kent State | 1.9 | 30.5 | 30.5 | −1.3 |
Colorado 2022–2022: ranked 10th the year before he arrived, 5th at its best — went backwards.
Kent State 2024–2024: ranked 6th the year before he arrived, 2nd at its best — went backwards.