The Zeitgeist List · coordinators · never a head coach

Slade Nagle.

Offensive coordinator · 3 seasons · 2 stints · 2 programs0 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense−0.08#356 of 472 · less 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.

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 of that tenure, not calendar yearn=749n=434median still in the jobnot a pathTulane, year 1: 47th percentileTulaneHouston, year 1: 36th percentileHouston, year 2: 47th percentileHouston
Tulane 2023–2023
Houston 2025–2026
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Houston, 2 years
+11.8
35.7 to 47.5 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

YearsProgramWalked intoYear 1BestVs. talent
2023–2023Tulane97.347.047.0+0.3
2025–2026Houston2.635.747.5−14.6

Tulane 2023–2023: ranked 97th the year before he arrived, 47th at its best — went backwards.

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