The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Mike Denbrock.
Offensive coordinator · 10 seasons · 4 stints · 3 programs5 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense+0.51#1 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.
Notre Dame 2014–2014
Cincinnati 2017–2021
LSU 2022–2023
Notre Dame 2024–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Cincinnati, 5 years
+56.9
39.6 to 96.5 percentile.
LSU, 2 years
+6.9
92.0 to 98.9 percentile.
Notre Dame, 3 years
−3.7
98.9 to 95.2 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
| Years | Program | Walked into | Year 1 | Best | Vs. talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2014 | Notre Dame | no record | 70.7 | 70.7 | — |
| 2017–2021 | Cincinnati | 9.8 | 39.6 | 96.5 | +22.8 |
| 2022–2023 | LSU | 36.5 | 92.0 | 98.9 | +27.8 |
| 2024–2026 | Notre Dame | 93.6 | 98.9 | 98.9 | +30.6 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (Notre Dame, 2014) — the data floor starts there.