The Zeitgeist List · Coordinators · Never a head coach

Drew Mehringer.

Offensive coordinator · 7 seasons · 6 stints · 3 programs4 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.19not 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.

100th — best in the country90th — elite — top 10%75th — top quarter50th — national median25th — bottom quarter0 — worst in the countryHis offense’s national rank, by year of tenureYear 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5Year of that tenure, not calendar yearn=755n=426n=222n=113n=65Rutgers, year 1: 0th percentileRutgersFlorida Atlantic, year 1: 26th percentileFlorida AtlanticOregon, year 1: 90th percentileOregon, year 2: 100th percentileOregon, year 3: 97th percentileOregon, year 4: 92nd percentileOregon, year 5: 42nd percentileOregonmedian still in the job
Rutgers 2016–2016
Florida Atlantic 2020–2020
Oregon 2022–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Oregon, 5 years
▼ 48.1
90.5 to 42.4 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

YearsProgramWalked intoYear 1BestVs. talent
2016–2016Rutgers47.30.40.4▼ 53.0
2020–2020Florida Atlantic81.225.625.6▼ 21.7
2022–2022Oregon81.990.590.5▲ 22.5
2023–2024Oregon90.599.699.6▲ 30.6
2025–2025Oregon96.692.392.3▲ 22.5
2026–2026Oregon92.342.442.4—

Rutgers 2016–2016: ranked 47th the year before he arrived, 0th at its best — went backwards.

Florida Atlantic 2020–2020: ranked 81st the year before he arrived, 26th at its best — went backwards.

Oregon 2025–2025: ranked 97th the year before he arrived, 92nd at its best — went backwards.

Oregon 2026–2026: ranked 92nd the year before he arrived, 42nd at its best — went backwards.

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