The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Brian Brohm.
Offensive coordinator · 11 seasons · 5 stints · 3 programs2 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.01#242 of 472 · a typical amount
model fit as of 2026-09-04
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.
Western Kentucky 2016–2016
Purdue 2017–2022
Louisville 2023–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Purdue, 6 years
−4.1
34.2 to 30.2 percentile.
Louisville, 4 years
+10.8
62.0 to 72.8 percentile.
Median offensive coordinator
−0.6
first season to last, across 222 stints of 3+ years. 48.6% improve at all.
Every stop on the calendar
| Years | Program | Walked into | Year 1 | Best | Vs. talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–2016 | Western Kentucky | 94.9 | 99.6 | 99.6 | +57.0 |
| 2017–2017 | Purdue | 14.5 | 34.2 | 34.2 | −14.6 |
| 2018–2021 | Purdue | 34.2 | 51.9 | 71.9 | −1.3 |
| 2022–2022 | Purdue | 71.9 | 30.2 | 30.2 | −23.1 |
| 2023–2026 | Louisville | 53.1 | 62.0 | 92.2 | +13.1 |
Purdue 2022–2022: ranked 72nd the year before he arrived, 30th at its best — went backwards.