The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Will Friend.
Offensive coordinator · 4 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs1 season ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense+0.19#21 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.
Colorado State 2015–2017
Western Kentucky 2024–2024
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Colorado State, 3 years
+21.3
64.5 to 85.8 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
| Years | Program | Walked into | Year 1 | Best | Vs. talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–2017 | Colorado State | 89.5 | 64.5 | 94.1 | +36.8 |
| 2024–2024 | Western Kentucky | 60.5 | 62.3 | 62.3 | +21.6 |