The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Matt Lubick.

Offensive coordinator · 7 seasons · 6 stints · 5 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense+0.11#76 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.

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=691n=405median still in the jobnot a pathOregon, year 1: 75th percentileOregonWashington, year 1: 89th percentileWashington, year 2: 73rd percentileWashingtonNebraska, year 1: 61st percentileNebraska, year 2: 71st percentileNebraskaNevada, year 1: 56th percentileNevadaKansas, year 1: 68th percentileKansas
Oregon 2016–2016
Washington 2017–2018
Nebraska 2020–2021
Nevada 2024–2024
Kansas 2025–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Washington, 2 years
−16.2
88.8 to 72.7 percentile.
Nebraska, 2 years
+10.1
61.0 to 71.2 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
2016–2016Oregon90.275.475.4+14.4
2017–2017Washington88.788.888.8+28.7
2018–2018Washington88.872.772.7+10.4
2020–2021Nebraska32.761.071.2+6.3
2024–2024Nevada1.156.356.3+15.3
2025–2026Kansas94.468.068.0+13.8

Oregon 2016–2016: ranked 90th the year before he arrived, 75th at its best — went backwards.

Washington 2018–2018: ranked 89th the year before he arrived, 73rd at its best — went backwards.

Kansas 2025–2026: ranked 94th the year before he arrived, 68th at its best — went backwards.

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