The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Joe Sloan.

Offensive coordinator · 4 seasons · 3 stints · 3 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.12#410 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.

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 of that tenure, not calendar yearn=691n=405median still in the jobnot a pathLouisiana Tech, year 1: 24th percentileLouisiana Tech, year 2: 32nd percentileLouisiana Te…LSU, year 1: 80th percentileLSU, year 2: 22nd percentileLSUKentucky: just hired
Louisiana Tech 2020–2021
LSU 2024–2025
Kentucky 2026–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Louisiana Tech, 2 years
+7.9
24.0 to 31.9 percentile.
LSU, 2 years
−57.8
80.2 to 22.4 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
2020–2021Louisiana Tech55.024.031.9−19.0
2024–2025LSU98.980.280.2−16.5
2026–2026Kentuckyno record

Louisiana Tech 2020–2021: ranked 55th the year before he arrived, 32nd at its best — went backwards.

LSU 2024–2025: ranked 99th the year before he arrived, 80th at its best — went backwards.

Kentucky: just hired, no season coached yet.

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