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+0.06#133 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.

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 3Year of that tenure, not calendar yearn=691n=405n=203median still in the jobnot a pathIndiana, year 1: 45th percentileIndiana, year 2: 77th percentileIndiana, year 3: 23rd percentileIndianaWestern Michigan, year 1: 35th percentileWestern MichiganTexas Tech, year 1: 42nd percentileTexas TechMemphis, year 1: 94th percentileMemphis, year 2: 43rd percentileMemphis, year 3: 54th percentileMemphisDuke, year 1: 72nd percentileDuke, year 2: 48th percentileDukeOklahoma, year 1: 29th percentileOklahoma
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
−40.0
94.2 to 54.2 percentile.
Duke, 2 years
−23.6
72.1 to 48.5 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
2014–2016Indianano record44.977.0−2.3
2017–2017Western Michigan96.535.035.0−10.9
2018–2018Texas Tech62.741.941.9−9.5
2019–2021Memphis89.694.294.2+14.2
2022–2023Duke7.372.172.1+9.9
2024–2024Oklahoma92.128.728.7−38.7

No prior-season record for the first stop (Indiana, 2014) — the data floor starts there.

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.

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