The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

David Yost.

Offensive coordinator · 8 seasons · 4 stints · 4 programs1 season ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.07#351 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.

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=691n=405n=203median still in the jobnot a pathUtah State, year 1: 21st percentileUtah State, year 2: 94th percentileUtah StateTexas Tech, year 1: 54th percentileTexas Tech, year 2: 40th percentileTexas TechFlorida International, year 1: 4th percentileFlorida International, year 2: 9th percentileFlorida International, year 3: 44th percentileFlorida Inte…New Mexico State, year 1: 7th percentileNew Mexico State
Utah State 2017–2018
Texas Tech 2019–2020
Florida International 2022–2024
New Mexico State 2025–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Utah State, 2 years
+73.1
21.2 to 94.2 percentile.
Texas Tech, 2 years
−14.5
54.2 to 39.8 percentile.
Florida International, 3 years
+40.2
4.2 to 44.4 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
2017–2018Utah State39.521.294.2+18.1
2019–2020Texas Tech41.954.254.2−5.2
2022–2024Florida International28.14.244.4−23.5
2025–2026New Mexico State8.67.07.0−23.1

New Mexico State 2025–2026: ranked 9th the year before he arrived, 7th at its best — went backwards.

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