The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Junior Adams.
Offensive coordinator · 5 seasons · 3 stints · 2 programs3 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense+0.05#146 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.
Western Kentucky 2017–2018
Oregon 2022–2024
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Western Kentucky, 2 years
−40.8
56.5 to 15.8 percentile.
Oregon, 3 years
+6.2
90.5 to 96.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–2018 | Western Kentucky | 99.6 | 56.5 | 56.5 | −2.6 |
| 2022–2022 | Oregon | 68.1 | 90.5 | 90.5 | +22.5 |
| 2023–2024 | Oregon | 90.5 | 99.6 | 99.6 | +30.6 |
Western Kentucky 2017–2018: ranked 100th the year before he arrived, 57th at its best — went backwards.