The Zeitgeist List · Coordinators · Never a head coach
Jay Johnson.
Offensive coordinator · 10 seasons · 5 stints · 5 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.33not 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.
Louisiana 2014–2015
Minnesota 2016–2016
Colorado 2019–2019
Michigan State 2020–2023
Wyoming 2024–2025
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Louisiana, 2 years
▼ 32.0
76.2 to 44.1 percentile.
Michigan State, 4 years
▼ 1.7
3.5 to 1.9 percentile.
Wyoming, 2 years
▼ 0.8
5.6 to 4.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2015 | Louisiana | 61.2 | 76.2 | 76.2 | ▼ 2.4 |
| 2016–2016 | Minnesota | 54.3 | 20.7 | 20.7 | ▼ 30.4 |
| 2019–2019 | Colorado | 8.8 | 39.6 | 39.6 | ▼ 14.2 |
| 2020–2023 | Michigan State | 14.2 | 3.5 | 58.8 | ▼ 33.5 |
| 2024–2025 | Wyoming | 55.3 | 5.6 | 5.6 | ▼ 31.2 |
Minnesota 2016–2016: ranked 54th the year before he arrived, 21st at its best — went backwards.
Wyoming 2024–2025: ranked 55th the year before he arrived, 6th at its best — went backwards.