The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Joe Craddock.

Offensive coordinator · 9 seasons · 4 stints · 4 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.02#254 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.

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 3Year of that tenure, not calendar yearn=691n=405n=203median still in the jobnot a pathSMU, year 1: 27th percentileSMU, year 2: 36th percentileSMU, year 3: 70th percentileSMUArkansas, year 1: 13th percentileArkansas, year 2: 6th percentileArkansasTroy, year 1: 35th percentileTroy, year 2: 64th percentileTroyTulane, year 1: 85th percentileTulane, year 2: 78th percentileTulane
SMU 2015–2017
Arkansas 2018–2019
Troy 2022–2023
Tulane 2024–2025
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
SMU, 3 years
+42.7
27.0 to 69.6 percentile.
Arkansas, 2 years
−6.9
12.7 to 5.8 percentile.
Troy, 2 years
+28.8
34.7 to 63.5 percentile.
Tulane, 2 years
−6.4
84.7 to 78.3 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

YearsProgramWalked intoYear 1BestVs. talent
2015–2017SMU5.127.069.6−3.7
2018–2019Arkansas72.712.712.7−50.2
2022–2023Troy19.634.763.5+5.7
2024–2025Tulane47.084.784.7+31.0

Arkansas 2018–2019: ranked 73rd the year before he arrived, 13th at its best — went backwards.

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