The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Todd Fitch.

Offensive coordinator · 7 seasons · 4 stints · 4 programs1 season ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.19#457 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 4Year of that tenure, not calendar yearn=691n=405n=203n=102median still in the jobnot a pathBoston College, year 1: 6th percentileBoston CollegeLouisiana Tech, year 1: 97th percentileLouisiana Tech, year 2: 72nd percentileLouisiana Tech, year 3: 27th percentileLouisiana Tech, year 4: 55th percentileLouisiana Te…Vanderbilt, year 1: 7th percentileVanderbiltCharlotte, year 1: 0th percentileCharlotte
Boston College 2015–2015
Louisiana Tech 2016–2019
Vanderbilt 2020–2020
Charlotte 2025–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Louisiana Tech, 4 years
−42.3
97.3 to 55.0 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
2015–2015Boston College65.25.95.9−45.5
2016–2019Louisiana Tech84.897.397.3+16.2
2020–2020Vanderbilt7.36.76.7−45.5
2025–2026Charlotte13.80.40.4−40.1

Boston College 2015–2015: ranked 65th the year before he arrived, 6th at its best — went backwards.

Vanderbilt 2020–2020: ranked 7th the year before he arrived, 7th at its best — went backwards.

Charlotte 2025–2026: ranked 14th the year before he arrived, 0th at its best — went backwards.

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