The Zeitgeist List · Coordinators · Never a head coach
Darrell Dickey.
Offensive coordinator · 8 seasons · 5 stints · 2 programs3 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense+0.09not distinguishable from zero
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.
Memphis 2014–2015
Memphis 2017–2017
Texas A&M 2018–2022
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Memphis, 2 years
▲ 10.9
44.1 to 55.1 percentile.
Texas A&M, 5 years
▼ 49.5
90.4 to 40.8 percentile.
Median offensive coordinator
+0.5
first season to last, across 222 stints of 3+ years. 50.9% improve at all.
Every stop on the calendar
| Years | Program | Walked into | Year 1 | Best | Vs. talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2014 | Memphis | 17.2 | 44.1 | 44.1 | — |
| 2015–2015 | Memphis | 44.1 | 55.1 | 55.1 | ▲ 12.8 |
| 2017–2017 | Memphis | 77.0 | 96.5 | 96.5 | ▲ 47.4 |
| 2018–2021 | Texas A&M | 54.2 | 90.4 | 90.4 | ▼ 0.2 |
| 2022–2022 | Texas A&M | 38.8 | 40.8 | 40.8 | ▼ 29.9 |