The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Noel Mazzone.
Offensive coordinator · 7 seasons · 3 stints · 3 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense+0.08#106 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.
UCLA 2014–2015
Texas A&M 2016–2017
Arizona 2018–2020
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
UCLA, 2 years
+3.9
69.9 to 73.8 percentile.
Texas A&M, 2 years
−21.9
76.2 to 54.2 percentile.
Arizona, 3 years
−48.1
61.9 to 13.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2015 | UCLA | no record | 69.9 | 73.8 | +10.0 |
| 2016–2017 | Texas A&M | 29.3 | 76.2 | 76.2 | +1.4 |
| 2018–2020 | Arizona | 95.0 | 61.9 | 61.9 | −11.0 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (UCLA, 2014) — the data floor starts there.
Arizona 2018–2020: ranked 95th the year before he arrived, 62nd at its best — went backwards.