The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
John Donovan.
Offensive coordinator · 4 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.19#456 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.
Penn State 2014–2015
Washington 2020–2021
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Penn State, 2 years
+27.3
3.5 to 30.9 percentile.
Washington, 2 years
−45.9
55.5 to 9.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2015 | Penn State | no record | 3.5 | 30.9 | −30.2 |
| 2020–2021 | Washington | 47.3 | 55.5 | 55.5 | −29.7 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (Penn State, 2014) — the data floor starts there.