Coaching for survival: the hazards of head coach careers in the German ‘Bundesliga’

Barros, Carlos Pestana; Frick, Bernd; Passos, José

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“…Economically, this may indicate that managers with longer prior experience can maintain the trust given to them for a longer period. This result (although not valid for the hazard model) is interesting because no earlier study (e.g., Audas et al, 1999;Barros et al, 2009) reports evidence of a significant impact of prior managerial experience on dismissal probabilities.…”

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Forced Manager Turnovers in English Soccer Leagues

d’Addona

Kind

2012

Journal of Sports Economics

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The authors conduct an empirical analysis of a hand-collected sample of 2,376 turnovers of soccer managers in the four major English leagues in the seasons from 1949-1950 to 2007-2008. While the relation between the probability of a manager being fired and long-term performance remained remarkably stable, both the absolute frequency and the sensitivity of firing decisions on the outcome of recent matches steadily and significantly increased during the six decades covered by the sample. This is likely to reflect the increased level of competition in and economic importance of the English soccer leagues.

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Section: D'addona and Kind 163mentioning

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Forced Manager Turnovers in English Soccer Leagues

d’Addona

Kind

2012

Journal of Sports Economics

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“…Salomo and Teichmann (2000) find that past performance matters while board turnover and media intensity-in particular intensive interest of local media-are important too. Barros, Frick, and Passos (2009) find that coaches of more expensive teams tend to be fired earlier and mention that "head-coaches themselves should take into account that although their salary reflects talent, it has no statistical influence on the probability of surviving in the present position." Tena and Forrest (2007) find that past performance is important in particular when a team is in the relegation zone.…”

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In‐season Head‐coach Dismissals and the Performance of Professional Football Teams

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Tuijl

2015

Economic Inquiry

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This paper studies the causes and consequences of in-season changes of the headcoach of association football teams. We exploit data from the highest level of Dutch professional football during 14 successive seasons. An in-season change of the headcoach depends on recent match results and the difference between actual results and expectations as measured using bookmaker data. We find that, after the head-coach has been replaced, teams perform better than before. However, the performance is also better than before for a control group of coach replacements that did not occur. From this we conclude that replacement of head-coaches does not improve team performance. (JEL J44, L83)

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“…In addition, Barros, Frick & Passos (2009) found that the probability of being dismissed was negatively affected by head coaches' experience and their winning percentage. We consider a novel approach in this specific field to address this variable.…”

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“…Given that midseason change of coach is a very important management dilemma for the owners and general managers of sports teams, as Martínez & Caudill (2013) explain, and given that this topic has been widely treated in the specialized literature in different sports (e.g., Audas, Dobson & Goddard, 1997;Barros, Frick & Passos, 2009;Brown, 1982;Etzen & Yetman, 1972;González-Gómez, Picazo-Tadeo & García-Rubio, 2011;Koning;2003;Peñas, 2007;Pfeffer & Davis-Blake, 1986;Tena & Forrest, 2007;Wagner, 2010), a complementary vision of the data analysed by Martínez & Caudill (2013) is needed in order to obtain new evidence about the success of this decision for professional basketball teams.…”

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New approaches of the effect of midseason coaching change on team performance in the history of the NBA. [Nuevo enfoque sobre el efecto del cambio de entrenador durante la temporada sobre el rendimiento de los equipos en la historia de la NBA].

Martínez¹

2017

Rev. int. cienc. deporte

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This research overcomes some of the drawbacks of the study of Martínez & Caudill (2013) regarding midseason coaching change in the National Basketball Association (NBA), adding new cases and achieving a disparate methodology. Changing a coach is an important managerial decision which does not guarantee improvement in the short term. Only about 12% of new coaches outperformed in a significantly way their predecessors. In order to maximize the probability of success, highly experienced coaches, with a long career as former professional players should be signed. In addition, change should be made before season advances, although it depends of the winning percentage of teams.Key words: coaching change; NBA; sports management. AbstractCorrespondence/correspondencia: José A. Martínez Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena. España Email: josean.martinez@upct.es Esta investigación supera varias de las limitaciones del estudio de Martínez y Caudill (2013) sobre el cambio de entrenador durante la temporada en la National Basketball Association (NBA), incluyendo nuevos casos y empleando una metodología diferente. La decisión de cambiar un entrenador es una importante cuestión para los gestores deportivos que no garantiza la mejora del rendimiento del equipo en el corto plazo. Sólo un 12% de los nuevos entrenadores mejoraron de manera significativa el rendimiento de sus predecesores. Con el fin de maximizar la probabilidad de éxito, entrenadores con gran experiencia y con una carrera previa y larga como jugadores profesionales deberían ser contratados. Además, el cambio debería hacerse antes de que avanzara demasiado la competición, aunque ello depende del porcentaje de victorias de los equipos.Palabras clave: cambio de entrenador; NBA; gestión del deporte. Resumen

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Coaching for survival: the hazards of head coach careers in the German ‘Bundesliga’

Cited by 48 publications

References 48 publications

Forced Manager Turnovers in English Soccer Leagues

Forced Manager Turnovers in English Soccer Leagues

In‐season Head‐coach Dismissals and the Performance of Professional Football Teams

New approaches of the effect of midseason coaching change on team performance in the history of the NBA. [Nuevo enfoque sobre el efecto del cambio de entrenador durante la temporada sobre el rendimiento de los equipos en la historia de la NBA].

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