The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach
Mike Shanahan.
Offensive coordinator · 5 seasons · 4 stints · 2 programs2 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense+0.28#6 of 472 · more than most
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.
James Madison 2022–2023
Indiana 2024–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
James Madison, 2 years
+32.4
43.1 to 75.6 percentile.
Indiana, 3 years
+11.4
81.7 to 93.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–2023 | James Madison | no record | 43.1 | 75.6 | +30.2 |
| 2024–2024 | Indiana | 39.5 | 81.7 | 81.7 | +29.5 |
| 2025–2025 | Indiana | 81.7 | 99.6 | 99.6 | +50.6 |
| 2026–2026 | Indiana | 99.6 | 93.1 | 93.1 | — |
No prior-season record for the first stop (James Madison, 2022) — the data floor starts there.
Indiana 2026–2026: ranked 100th the year before he arrived, 93rd at its best — went backwards.