The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Kendal Briles.
Offensive coordinator · 11 seasons · 7 stints · 7 programs3 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense+0.28#5 of 472 · more 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.
Baylor 2015–2016
Florida Atlantic 2017–2017
Houston 2018–2018
Florida State 2019–2019
Arkansas 2020–2022
TCU 2023–2025
South Carolina 2026–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Baylor, 2 years
−19.5
91.0 to 71.5 percentile.
Arkansas, 3 years
+0.1
70.5 to 70.6 percentile.
TCU, 3 years
+3.7
65.0 to 68.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–2016 | Baylor | 95.7 | 91.0 | 91.0 | +24.5 |
| 2017–2017 | Florida Atlantic | 44.9 | 98.8 | 98.8 | +51.1 |
| 2018–2018 | Houston | 60.4 | 91.2 | 91.2 | +38.0 |
| 2019–2019 | Florida State | 21.2 | 59.6 | 59.6 | −9.1 |
| 2020–2022 | Arkansas | 5.8 | 70.5 | 79.6 | +14.2 |
| 2023–2025 | TCU | 85.9 | 65.0 | 84.0 | +12.8 |
| 2026–2026 | South Carolina | no record | — | — | — |
Baylor 2015–2016: ranked 96th the year before he arrived, 91st at its best — went backwards.
TCU 2023–2025: ranked 86th the year before he arrived, 84th at its best — went backwards.
South Carolina: just hired, no season coached yet.