The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Kodi Burns.
Offensive coordinator · 5 seasons · 4 stints · 2 programs1 season ranked in the national top 10%
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.
Auburn 2016–2018
South Florida 2025–2025
Auburn 2026–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Auburn, 3 years
+9.8
61.3 to 71.2 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 | Auburn | 58.2 | 61.3 | 61.3 | −6.5 |
| 2017–2018 | Auburn | 61.3 | 67.3 | 71.2 | +3.6 |
| 2025–2025 | South Florida | 54.9 | 93.0 | 93.0 | +41.7 |
| 2026–2026 | Auburn | 55.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | — |
Auburn 2026–2026: ranked 56th the year before he arrived, 18th at its best — went backwards.