The Zeitgeist List · Coordinators · Never a head coach

Matt Limegrover.

Offensive coordinator · 3 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense+0.01not 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.

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 of that tenure, not calendar yearn=755n=426Minnesota, year 1: 51st percentileMinnesota, year 2: 54th percentileMinnesotaKent State, year 1: 6th percentileKent Statemedian still in the job
Minnesota 2014–2015
Kent State 2023–2023
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Minnesota, 2 years
▲ 3.1
51.2 to 54.3 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

YearsProgramWalked intoYear 1BestVs. talent
2014–2015Minnesota57.251.254.3▲ 4.3
2023–2023Kent State58.46.46.4▼ 30.4

Minnesota 2014–2015: ranked 57th the year before he arrived, 54th at its best — went backwards.

Kent State 2023–2023: ranked 58th the year before he arrived, 6th at its best — went backwards.

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