The Zeitgeist List · Coordinators · Never a head coach
George McDonald.
Offensive coordinator · 3 seasons · 3 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
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.
Syracuse 2014–2014
NC State 2019–2020
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
NC State, 2 years
▲ 44.3
8.1 to 52.4 percentile.
Median offensive coordinator
+0.5
first season to last, across 222 stints of 3+ years. 50.9% improve at all.
Every stop on the calendar
| Years | Program | Walked into | Year 1 | Best | Vs. talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2014 | Syracuse | 34.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | — |
| 2019–2019 | NC State | 56.5 | 8.1 | 8.1 | ▼ 48.7 |
| 2020–2020 | NC State | 8.1 | 52.4 | 52.4 | ▼ 5.5 |
Syracuse 2014–2014: ranked 34th the year before he arrived, 4th at its best — went backwards.
NC State 2019–2019: ranked 57th the year before he arrived, 8th at its best — went backwards.