The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Tyler Bowen.
Offensive coordinator · 4 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.08#357 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.
Penn State 2020–2020
Virginia Tech 2022–2024
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Virginia Tech, 3 years
+10.9
14.1 to 25.0 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
| Years | Program | Walked into | Year 1 | Best | Vs. talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2020 | Penn State | 78.1 | 66.5 | 66.5 | +1.2 |
| 2022–2024 | Virginia Tech | 52.7 | 14.1 | 67.3 | −17.2 |
Penn State 2020–2020: ranked 78th the year before he arrived, 67th at its best — went backwards.