The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Kevin McGiven.
Offensive coordinator · 10 seasons · 5 stints · 4 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense+0.17#33 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.
Utah State 2014–2014
Oregon State 2016–2017
San José State 2018–2023
Utah State 2025–2025
Utah 2026–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Oregon State, 2 years
−16.0
37.9 to 21.9 percentile.
San José State, 6 years
+74.3
6.5 to 80.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2014 | Utah State | no record | 59.0 | 59.0 | — |
| 2016–2017 | Oregon State | 23.8 | 37.9 | 37.9 | −21.0 |
| 2018–2023 | San José State | 1.9 | 6.5 | 83.1 | +7.5 |
| 2025–2025 | Utah State | 72.8 | 65.1 | 65.1 | +26.5 |
| 2026–2026 | Utah | no record | — | — | — |
No prior-season record for the first stop (Utah State, 2014) — the data floor starts there.
Utah State 2025–2025: ranked 73rd the year before he arrived, 65th at its best — went backwards.
Utah: just hired, no season coached yet.