The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Rob Ezell.
Offensive coordinator · 3 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs1 season ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense+0.21#21 of 472 · more than most
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.
South Alabama 2024–2024
Wake Forest 2025–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Wake Forest, 2 years
+1.1
73.9 to 75.0 percentile.
Median offensive coordinator
−0.6
first season to last, across 222 stints of 3+ years. 48.6% improve at all.
Every stop on the calendar
| Years | Program | Walked into | Year 1 | Best | Vs. talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024–2024 | South Alabama | 89.1 | 92.9 | 92.9 | +48.8 |
| 2025–2026 | Wake Forest | 15.3 | 73.9 | 75.0 | +25.3 |