The Zeitgeist List · Coordinators · Never a head coach
Chip Long.
Offensive coordinator · 7 seasons · 5 stints · 5 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.18not distinguishable from zero
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.
Memphis 2016–2016
Notre Dame 2017–2019
Tulane 2021–2021
Georgia Tech 2022–2022
Southern Miss 2024–2024
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Notre Dame, 3 years
▼ 5.4
84.2 to 78.8 percentile.
Median offensive coordinator
+0.5
first season to last, across 222 stints of 3+ years. 50.9% improve at all.
Every stop on the calendar
| Years | Program | Walked into | Year 1 | Best | Vs. talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–2016 | Memphis | 55.1 | 77.0 | 77.0 | ▲ 30.4 |
| 2017–2019 | Notre Dame | 52.7 | 84.2 | 84.2 | ▲ 10.7 |
| 2021–2021 | Tulane | 63.4 | 45.8 | 45.8 | ▲ 0.6 |
| 2022–2022 | Georgia Tech | 11.9 | 9.5 | 9.5 | ▼ 48.9 |
| 2024–2024 | Southern Miss | 15.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | ▼ 44.7 |
Tulane 2021–2021: ranked 63rd the year before he arrived, 46th at its best — went backwards.
Georgia Tech 2022–2022: ranked 12th the year before he arrived, 10th at its best — went backwards.
Southern Miss 2024–2024: ranked 15th the year before he arrived, 0th at its best — went backwards.