The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Rob Sale.

Offensive coordinator · 7 seasons · 3 stints · 2 programs1 season ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense+0.25#11 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.

100th — best in the country90th — elite — top 10%75th — top quarter50th — national median25th — bottom quarter0 — worst in the countryHis offense’s national rank, by year of tenureYear 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year of that tenure, not calendar yearn=691n=405n=203n=102median still in the jobnot a pathLouisiana, year 1: 56th percentileLouisiana, year 2: 83rd percentileLouisiana, year 3: 95th percentileLouisiana, year 4: 77th percentileLouisianaFlorida, year 1: 68th percentileFlorida, year 2: 73rd percentileFlorida, year 3: 70th percentileFlorida
Louisiana 2017–2020
Florida 2022–2024
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Louisiana, 4 years
+21.0
55.8 to 76.8 percentile.
Florida, 3 years
+1.5
68.3 to 69.8 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

YearsProgramWalked intoYear 1BestVs. talent
2017–2020Louisiana18.455.895.0+37.5
2022–2023Florida72.768.373.3+6.5
2024–2024Florida73.369.869.8+4.7

Florida 2024–2024: ranked 73rd the year before he arrived, 70th at its best — went backwards.

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