The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Darin Hinshaw.
Offensive coordinator · 8 seasons · 4 stints · 3 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense+0.19#27 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.
Kentucky 2016–2020
UAB 2022–2022
UCF 2023–2024
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Kentucky, 5 years
−50.6
69.9 to 19.3 percentile.
UCF, 2 years
−34.2
88.3 to 54.1 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
| Years | Program | Walked into | Year 1 | Best | Vs. talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–2020 | Kentucky | 39.5 | 69.9 | 83.5 | −4.5 |
| 2022–2022 | UAB | 90.4 | 88.9 | 88.9 | +46.4 |
| 2023–2023 | UCF | 71.4 | 88.3 | 88.3 | +35.3 |
| 2024–2024 | UCF | 88.3 | 54.1 | 54.1 | −4.0 |
UAB 2022–2022: ranked 90th the year before he arrived, 89th at its best — went backwards.
UCF 2024–2024: ranked 88th the year before he arrived, 54th at its best — went backwards.