The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Craig Stutzmann.

Offensive coordinator · 5 seasons · 3 stints · 2 programs1 season ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.08#354 of 472 · a typical amount
model fit as of 2026-09-04

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 3Year of that tenure, not calendar yearn=749n=434n=222median still in the jobnot a pathWashington State, year 1: 28th percentileWashington State, year 2: 70th percentileWashington StateSan José State, year 1: 33rd percentileSan José State, year 2: 47th percentileSan José State, year 3: 96th 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
+62.8
33.2 to 96.0 percentile.
Median offensive coordinator
−0.6
first season to last, across 222 stints of 3+ years. 48.6% 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 State80.833.296.0+1.4

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

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