The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Taylor Mouser.

Offensive coordinator · 2 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.03#277 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 pathIowa State, year 1: 61st percentileIowa State, year 2: 52nd percentileIowa StPenn State: just hired
Iowa State 2024–2025
Penn State 2026–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Iowa State, 2 years
−9.0
60.8 to 51.8 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
2024–2025Iowa State72.660.860.8+6.8
2026–2026Penn Stateno record

Iowa State 2024–2025: ranked 73rd the year before he arrived, 61st at its best — went backwards.

Penn State: just hired, no season coached yet.

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