The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

John McNulty.

Offensive coordinator · 3 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.24#467 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 pathRutgers, year 1: 3rd percentileRutgers, year 2: 1st percentileRutgersBoston College, year 1: 23rd percentileBoston College
Rutgers 2018–2019
Boston College 2022–2022
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Rutgers, 2 years
−2.3
3.5 to 1.2 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

YearsProgramWalked intoYear 1BestVs. talent
2018–2019Rutgers5.03.53.5−49.1
2022–2022Boston College25.823.323.3−32.1

Rutgers 2018–2019: ranked 5th the year before he arrived, 3rd at its best — went backwards.

Boston College 2022–2022: ranked 26th the year before he arrived, 23rd at its best — went backwards.

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