The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
James Coley.
Offensive coordinator · 8 seasons · 5 stints · 3 programs2 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.09#374 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.
Miami 2014–2015
Georgia 2016–2019
Texas A&M 2022–2023
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Miami, 2 years
−23.4
75.4 to 52.0 percentile.
Georgia, 4 years
+14.0
42.6 to 56.5 percentile.
Texas A&M, 2 years
+15.2
40.8 to 56.0 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 | Miami | no record | 75.4 | 75.4 | −10.6 |
| 2016–2018 | Georgia | 55.9 | 42.6 | 97.3 | +8.6 |
| 2019–2019 | Georgia | 97.3 | 56.5 | 56.5 | −15.6 |
| 2022–2022 | Texas A&M | 43.5 | 40.8 | 40.8 | −30.0 |
| 2023–2023 | Texas A&M | 40.8 | 56.0 | 56.0 | −14.9 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (Miami, 2014) — the data floor starts there.
Georgia 2019–2019: ranked 97th the year before he arrived, 57th at its best — went backwards.
Texas A&M 2022–2022: ranked 43rd the year before he arrived, 41st at its best — went backwards.