The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Joey Lynch.
Offensive coordinator · 9 seasons · 3 stints · 3 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.18#453 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.
Ball State 2014–2019
Colorado State 2020–2020
Vanderbilt 2022–2023
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Ball State, 6 years
+33.9
46.5 to 80.4 percentile.
Vanderbilt, 2 years
−7.8
21.0 to 13.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2019 | Ball State | no record | 46.5 | 80.4 | −0.4 |
| 2020–2020 | Colorado State | 45.8 | 12.2 | 12.2 | −32.7 |
| 2022–2023 | Vanderbilt | 5.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | −34.8 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (Ball State, 2014) — the data floor starts there.
Colorado State 2020–2020: ranked 46th the year before he arrived, 12th at its best — went backwards.