The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Garrick McGee.
Offensive coordinator · 4 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.15#434 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.
Louisville 2014–2015
Illinois 2016–2017
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Louisville, 2 years
+7.8
55.9 to 63.7 percentile.
Illinois, 2 years
−4.8
9.0 to 4.2 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 | Louisville | no record | 55.9 | 63.7 | +7.1 |
| 2016–2017 | Illinois | 14.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | −43.5 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (Louisville, 2014) — the data floor starts there.
Illinois 2016–2017: ranked 14th the year before he arrived, 9th at its best — went backwards.