The Zeitgeist List · Coordinators · Never a head coach
Sterlin Gilbert.
Offensive coordinator · 7 seasons · 5 stints · 5 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.14not distinguishable from zero
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.
Bowling Green 2014–2014
Tulsa 2015–2015
Texas 2016–2016
South Florida 2017–2018
Syracuse 2020–2021
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
South Florida, 2 years
▼ 32.3
68.1 to 35.8 percentile.
Syracuse, 2 years
▲ 31.5
2.0 to 33.5 percentile.
Median offensive coordinator
+0.5
first season to last, across 222 stints of 3+ years. 50.9% improve at all.
Every stop on the calendar
| Years | Program | Walked into | Year 1 | Best | Vs. talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2014 | Bowling Green | 95.6 | 31.6 | 31.6 | — |
| 2015–2015 | Tulsa | 30.9 | 84.0 | 84.0 | ▲ 39.1 |
| 2016–2016 | Texas | 42.6 | 30.1 | 30.1 | ▼ 35.2 |
| 2017–2018 | South Florida | 92.6 | 68.1 | 68.1 | ▲ 0.9 |
| 2020–2021 | Syracuse | 31.9 | 2.0 | 33.5 | ▼ 31.8 |
Bowling Green 2014–2014: ranked 96th the year before he arrived, 32nd at its best — went backwards.
Texas 2016–2016: ranked 43rd the year before he arrived, 30th at its best — went backwards.
South Florida 2017–2018: ranked 93rd the year before he arrived, 68th at its best — went backwards.