The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Jim Chaney.
Offensive coordinator · 8 seasons · 5 stints · 5 programs2 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense+0.03#180 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.
Arkansas 2014–2014
Pittsburgh 2015–2015
Georgia 2016–2018
Tennessee 2019–2020
Georgia State 2024–2024
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Georgia, 3 years
+54.7
42.6 to 97.3 percentile.
Tennessee, 2 years
−6.9
40.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2014 | Arkansas | no record | 63.7 | 63.7 | — |
| 2015–2015 | Pittsburgh | 82.4 | 62.1 | 62.1 | +7.1 |
| 2016–2018 | Georgia | 55.9 | 42.6 | 97.3 | +8.6 |
| 2019–2020 | Tennessee | 18.8 | 40.4 | 40.4 | −26.8 |
| 2024–2024 | Georgia State | 53.0 | 35.4 | 35.4 | −9.4 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (Arkansas, 2014) — the data floor starts there.
Pittsburgh 2015–2015: ranked 82nd the year before he arrived, 62nd at its best — went backwards.
Georgia State 2024–2024: ranked 53rd the year before he arrived, 35th at its best — went backwards.