The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Craig Stutzmann.

Offensive coordinator · 4 seasons · 3 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.07#355 of 472 · less 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 pathWashington State, year 1: 28th percentileWashington State, year 2: 70th percentileWashington StSan José State, year 1: 33rd percentileSan José State, year 2: 47th percentileSan José St
Washington State 2020–2021
San José State 2024–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Washington State, 2 years
+41.7
28.0 to 69.6 percentile.
San José State, 3 years
+14.2
33.2 to 47.4 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
2020–2020Washington State74.228.028.0−19.8
2021–2021Washington State28.069.669.6+18.7
2024–2026San José State80.833.247.4+1.4

Washington State 2020–2020: ranked 74th the year before he arrived, 28th at its best — went backwards.

San José State 2024–2026: ranked 81st the year before he arrived, 47th at its best — went backwards.

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