The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Drew Mehringer.

Offensive coordinator · 4 seasons · 4 stints · 3 programs1 season ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.19#454 of 472 · less than most
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.

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 of that tenure, not calendar yearn=749n=434median still in the jobnot a pathRutgers, year 1: 0th percentileRutgersFlorida Atlantic, year 1: 33rd percentileFlorida AtlanticOregon, year 1: 92nd percentileOregon, year 2: 41st percentileOregon
Rutgers 2016–2016
Florida Atlantic 2020–2020
Oregon 2025–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Oregon, 2 years
−51.3
92.3 to 40.9 percentile.
Median offensive coordinator
−0.6
first season to last, across 222 stints of 3+ years. 48.6% improve at all.

Every stop on the calendar

YearsProgramWalked intoYear 1BestVs. talent
2016–2016Rutgers47.30.40.4−53.0
2020–2020Florida Atlantic81.232.732.7−14.6
2025–2025Oregon96.692.392.3+22.5
2026–2026Oregon92.340.940.9

Rutgers 2016–2016: ranked 47th the year before he arrived, 0th at its best — went backwards.

Florida Atlantic 2020–2020: ranked 81st the year before he arrived, 33rd at its best — went backwards.

Oregon 2025–2025: ranked 97th the year before he arrived, 92nd at its best — went backwards.

Oregon 2026–2026: ranked 92nd the year before he arrived, 41st at its best — went backwards.

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