The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Mike Bajakian.
Offensive coordinator · 7 seasons · 4 stints · 4 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.21#462 of 472 · less 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.
Tennessee 2014–2014
Boston College 2019–2019
Northwestern 2020–2023
Massachusetts 2025–2025
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Northwestern, 4 years
−2.6
23.2 to 20.7 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 | Tennessee | no record | 40.2 | 40.2 | — |
| 2019–2019 | Boston College | 9.6 | 51.9 | 51.9 | +1.8 |
| 2020–2023 | Northwestern | 8.8 | 23.2 | 23.2 | −39.9 |
| 2025–2025 | Massachusetts | 50.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | −36.0 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (Tennessee, 2014) — the data floor starts there.
Massachusetts 2025–2025: ranked 50th the year before he arrived, 1st at its best — went backwards.