The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Tony Franklin.
Offensive coordinator · 8 seasons · 3 stints · 3 programs2 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense+0.22#17 of 472 · more 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.
California 2014–2015
Middle Tennessee 2016–2020
Louisiana Tech 2025–2025
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
California, 2 years
+21.9
72.3 to 94.1 percentile.
Middle Tennessee, 5 years
−59.1
95.7 to 36.6 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
| Years | Program | Walked into | Year 1 | Best | Vs. talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2015 | California | no record | 72.3 | 94.1 | +38.6 |
| 2016–2020 | Middle Tennessee | 69.9 | 95.7 | 95.7 | +15.3 |
| 2025–2025 | Louisiana Tech | 3.4 | 45.2 | 45.2 | +7.4 |
No prior-season record for the first stop (California, 2014) — the data floor starts there.