The Zeitgeist List · Coordinators · Never a head coach
Kevin Johns.
Offensive coordinator · 11 seasons · 6 stints · 6 programs1 season ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense+0.07not distinguishable from zero
model fit as of 2026-09-04
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.
Indiana 2014–2016
Western Michigan 2017–2017
Texas Tech 2018–2018
Memphis 2019–2021
Duke 2022–2023
Oklahoma 2024–2024
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Indiana, 3 years
▼ 21.9
44.9 to 23.0 percentile.
Memphis, 3 years
▼ 43.1
94.2 to 51.2 percentile.
Duke, 2 years
▼ 23.6
72.1 to 48.5 percentile.
Median offensive coordinator
+0.5
first season to last, across 222 stints of 3+ years. 50.9% improve at all.
Every stop on the calendar
| Years | Program | Walked into | Year 1 | Best | Vs. talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2016 | Indiana | 59.6 | 44.9 | 77.0 | ▼ 2.3 |
| 2017–2017 | Western Michigan | 96.5 | 35.0 | 35.0 | ▼ 10.9 |
| 2018–2018 | Texas Tech | 62.7 | 41.9 | 41.9 | ▼ 9.5 |
| 2019–2021 | Memphis | 89.6 | 94.2 | 94.2 | ▲ 18.4 |
| 2022–2023 | Duke | 7.3 | 72.1 | 72.1 | ▲ 9.9 |
| 2024–2024 | Oklahoma | 92.1 | 28.7 | 28.7 | ▼ 38.6 |
Western Michigan 2017–2017: ranked 96th the year before he arrived, 35th at its best — went backwards.
Texas Tech 2018–2018: ranked 63rd the year before he arrived, 42nd at its best — went backwards.
Oklahoma 2024–2024: ranked 92nd the year before he arrived, 29th at its best — went backwards.