The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Shane Montgomery.

Offensive coordinator · 4 seasons · 3 stints · 3 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense+0.07#124 of 472 · a typical amount

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 pathCharlotte, year 1: 26th percentileCharlotteBuffalo, year 1: 27th percentileBuffalo, year 2: 34th percentileBuffaloMassachusetts, year 1: 50th percentileMassachusetts
Charlotte 2018–2018
Buffalo 2021–2022
Massachusetts 2024–2024
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Buffalo, 2 years
+6.7
27.3 to 34.0 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
2018–2018Charlotte1.225.825.8−6.9
2021–2022Buffalo96.527.334.0−3.8
2024–2024Massachusetts34.250.450.4+3.5

Buffalo 2021–2022: ranked 96th the year before he arrived, 34th at its best — went backwards.

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