The Zeitgeist List · Coordinators · Never a head coach
James Coley.
Offensive coordinator · 8 seasons · 5 stints · 3 programs2 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.09not 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.
Miami 2014–2015
Georgia 2016–2019
Texas A&M 2022–2023
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Miami, 2 years
▼ 23.4
75.4 to 52.0 percentile.
Georgia, 4 years
▲ 14.0
42.6 to 56.5 percentile.
Texas A&M, 2 years
▲ 15.2
40.8 to 56.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2015 | Miami | 60.4 | 75.4 | 75.4 | ▼ 10.5 |
| 2016–2018 | Georgia | 55.9 | 42.6 | 97.3 | ▲ 8.6 |
| 2019–2019 | Georgia | 97.3 | 56.5 | 56.5 | ▼ 15.6 |
| 2022–2022 | Texas A&M | 38.8 | 40.8 | 40.8 | ▼ 29.9 |
| 2023–2023 | Texas A&M | 40.8 | 56.0 | 56.0 | ▼ 14.8 |
Georgia 2019–2019: ranked 97th the year before he arrived, 57th at its best — went backwards.