The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Dave Warner.
Offensive coordinator · 7 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs1 season ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense+0.06#132 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.
Michigan State 2014–2018
UTEP 2021–2022
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Michigan State, 5 years
−89.9
92.6 to 2.7 percentile.
UTEP, 2 years
−18.0
61.9 to 43.9 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
| Years | Program | Walked into | Year 1 | Best | Vs. talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2018 | Michigan State | no record | 92.6 | 92.6 | −24.4 |
| 2021–2022 | UTEP | 38.2 | 61.9 | 61.9 | +19.6 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (Michigan State, 2014) — the data floor starts there.