The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Clint Trickett.

Offensive coordinator · 4 seasons · 4 stints · 4 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.06#322 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.

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 pathFlorida Atlantic, year 1: 33rd percentileFlorida AtlanticMarshall, year 1: 18th percentileMarshall, year 2: 29th percentileMarshallJacksonville State, year 1: 61st percentileJacksonville StateMaryland: just hired
Florida Atlantic 2020–2020
Marshall 2022–2023
Jacksonville State 2025–2025
Maryland 2026–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Marshall, 2 years
+11.0
17.9 to 28.9 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
2020–2020Florida Atlantic81.232.732.7−14.6
2022–2023Marshall51.217.928.9−20.1
2025–2025Jacksonville State93.760.760.7+21.1
2026–2026Marylandno record

Florida Atlantic 2020–2020: ranked 81st the year before he arrived, 33rd at its best — went backwards.

Marshall 2022–2023: ranked 51st the year before he arrived, 29th at its best — went backwards.

Jacksonville State 2025–2025: ranked 94th the year before he arrived, 61st at its best — went backwards.

Maryland: just hired, no season coached yet.

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