The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Joe Rudolph.
Offensive coordinator · 8 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense+0.03#173 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.
Pittsburgh 2014–2014
Wisconsin 2015–2021
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Wisconsin, 7 years
+9.6
28.5 to 38.1 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 | Pittsburgh | no record | 82.4 | 82.4 | — |
| 2015–2021 | Wisconsin | 85.5 | 28.5 | 88.8 | +1.5 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (Pittsburgh, 2014) — the data floor starts there.