The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Kurt Roper.
Offensive coordinator · 4 seasons · 3 stints · 3 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.01#231 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.
Florida 2014–2014
South Carolina 2016–2017
NC State 2025–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
South Carolina, 2 years
+0.3
31.6 to 31.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2014 | Florida | no record | 19.9 | 19.9 | — |
| 2016–2017 | South Carolina | 51.2 | 31.6 | 31.9 | −28.3 |
| 2025–2026 | NC State | 77.2 | 77.6 | 77.6 | +22.7 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (Florida, 2014) — the data floor starts there.
South Carolina 2016–2017: ranked 51st the year before he arrived, 32nd at its best — went backwards.