The Zeitgeist List · Coordinators · Never a head coach
Mike Canales.
Offensive coordinator · 4 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.06not 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.
North Texas 2014–2014
UTEP 2018–2020
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
UTEP, 3 years
▲ 33.2
4.2 to 37.4 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
| Years | Program | Walked into | Year 1 | Best | Vs. talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2014 | North Texas | 43.6 | 13.7 | 13.7 | — |
| 2018–2020 | UTEP | 0.4 | 4.2 | 37.4 | ▼ 10.8 |
North Texas 2014–2014: ranked 44th the year before he arrived, 14th at its best — went backwards.