The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Russ Callaway.

Offensive coordinator · 2 seasons · 3 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.08#356 of 472 · less 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 of that tenure, not calendar yearn=691n=405median still in the jobnot a pathFlorida, year 1: 70th percentileFlorida, year 2: 44th percentileFloridaTulane: just hired
Florida 2024–2025
Tulane 2026–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Florida, 2 years
−25.3
69.8 to 44.5 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
2024–2024Florida73.369.869.8+4.7
2025–2025Florida69.844.544.5−20.6
2026–2026Tulaneno record

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

Florida 2025–2025: ranked 70th the year before he arrived, 44th at its best — went backwards.

Tulane: just hired, no season coached yet.

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