The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Ty Howle.
Offensive coordinator · 3 seasons · 4 stints · 2 programs1 season ranked in the national top 10%
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.
Penn State 2023–2025
Virginia Tech 2026–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Penn State, 3 years
−0.4
85.3 to 84.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023–2023 | Penn State | 79.8 | 85.3 | 85.3 | +20.8 |
| 2024–2024 | Penn State | 85.3 | 97.4 | 97.4 | +31.8 |
| 2025–2025 | Penn State | 97.4 | 84.9 | 84.9 | +18.8 |
| 2026–2026 | Virginia Tech | no record | — | — | — |
Penn State 2025–2025: ranked 97th the year before he arrived, 85th at its best — went backwards.
Virginia Tech: just hired, no season coached yet.