The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Kirk Ciarrocca.
Offensive coordinator · 11 seasons · 5 stints · 4 programs3 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense+0.26#7 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.
Western Michigan 2014–2016
Minnesota 2017–2019
Penn State 2020–2020
Minnesota 2022–2022
Rutgers 2023–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Western Michigan, 3 years
+19.5
77.0 to 96.5 percentile.
Minnesota, 3 years
+81.5
10.4 to 91.9 percentile.
Rutgers, 4 years
+31.7
28.2 to 59.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2016 | Western Michigan | no record | 77.0 | 96.5 | +49.4 |
| 2017–2019 | Minnesota | 20.7 | 10.4 | 91.9 | +1.3 |
| 2020–2020 | Penn State | 78.1 | 66.5 | 66.5 | +1.2 |
| 2022–2022 | Minnesota | 46.5 | 59.9 | 59.9 | +6.4 |
| 2023–2026 | Rutgers | 1.1 | 28.2 | 59.9 | −4.2 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (Western Michigan, 2014) — the data floor starts there.
Penn State 2020–2020: ranked 78th the year before he arrived, 67th at its best — went backwards.