The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Mike Yurcich.
Offensive coordinator · 9 seasons · 4 stints · 3 programs1 season ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense+0.25#12 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.
Oklahoma State 2014–2018
Texas 2020–2020
Penn State 2021–2023
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Oklahoma State, 5 years
+44.7
43.4 to 88.1 percentile.
Penn State, 3 years
+51.9
33.5 to 85.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2018 | Oklahoma State | no record | 43.4 | 93.5 | +30.1 |
| 2020–2020 | Texas | 91.2 | 78.3 | 78.3 | +8.8 |
| 2021–2022 | Penn State | 66.5 | 33.5 | 79.8 | −6.7 |
| 2023–2023 | Penn State | 79.8 | 85.3 | 85.3 | +20.8 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (Oklahoma State, 2014) — the data floor starts there.
Texas 2020–2020: ranked 91st the year before he arrived, 78th at its best — went backwards.