The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Sean Gleeson.

Offensive coordinator · 4 seasons · 3 stints · 3 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.30#470 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 3Year of that tenure, not calendar yearn=691n=405n=203median still in the jobnot a pathOklahoma State, year 1: 58th percentileOklahoma StateRutgers, year 1: 9th percentileRutgers, year 2: 3rd percentileRutgers, year 3: 1st percentileRutgersKansas State: just hired
Oklahoma State 2019–2019
Rutgers 2020–2022
Kansas State 2026–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Rutgers, 3 years
−7.9
9.1 to 1.1 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
2019–2019Oklahoma State88.158.158.1+2.1
2020–2022Rutgers1.29.19.1−46.7
2026–2026Kansas Stateno record

Oklahoma State 2019–2019: ranked 88th the year before he arrived, 58th at its best — went backwards.

Kansas State: just hired, no season coached yet.

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