The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Mike Bloesch.

Offensive coordinator · 4 seasons · 3 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense+0.04#168 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.

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 3Year of that tenure, not calendar yearn=691n=405n=203median still in the jobnot a pathNorth Texas, year 1: 75th percentileNorth Texas, year 2: 44th percentileNorth Texas, year 3: 85th percentileNorth TexasCalifornia, year 1: 34th percentileCaliforniaNorth Texas: just hired
North Texas 2020–2022
California 2024–2024
North Texas 2026–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
North Texas, 3 years
+9.9
75.2 to 85.1 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
2020–2022North Texas20.475.285.1+21.9
2024–2024California47.734.034.0−20.5
2026–2026North Texasno record

California 2024–2024: ranked 48th the year before he arrived, 34th at its best — went backwards.

North Texas: just hired, no season coached yet.

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