The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Doug Meacham.
Offensive coordinator · 7 seasons · 4 stints · 3 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.20#458 of 472 · less 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.
TCU 2014–2016
Kansas 2017–2018
TCU 2021–2021
Oklahoma State 2025–2025
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
TCU, 3 years
−39.8
84.0 to 44.1 percentile.
Kansas, 2 years
+20.0
2.7 to 22.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2016 | TCU | no record | 84.0 | 84.0 | +1.6 |
| 2017–2018 | Kansas | 3.5 | 2.7 | 22.7 | −36.2 |
| 2021–2021 | TCU | 73.6 | 68.8 | 68.8 | +11.8 |
| 2025–2025 | Oklahoma State | 36.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 | −50.7 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (TCU, 2014) — the data floor starts there.
TCU 2021–2021: ranked 74th the year before he arrived, 69th at its best — went backwards.
Oklahoma State 2025–2025: ranked 36th the year before he arrived, 3rd at its best — went backwards.