The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Doug Ruse.
Offensive coordinator · 6 seasons · 3 stints · 2 programs1 season ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.04#297 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.
Georgia Southern 2014–2015
Tulane 2016–2018
Georgia Southern 2021–2021
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Georgia Southern, 2 years
−12.5
91.0 to 78.5 percentile.
Tulane, 3 years
+21.4
12.1 to 33.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2015 | Georgia Southern | no record | 91.0 | 91.0 | +35.4 |
| 2016–2018 | Tulane | 9.8 | 12.1 | 61.2 | −8.3 |
| 2021–2021 | Georgia Southern | 65.0 | 11.9 | 11.9 | −27.2 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (Georgia Southern, 2014) — the data floor starts there.
Georgia Southern 2021–2021: ranked 65th the year before he arrived, 12th at its best — went backwards.