Leadership Succession and Organizational Performance: Football Coaches and Organizational Issues

Soebbing, Brian P.; Washington, Marvin

doi:10.1123/jsm.25.6.550

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“…Our paper makes four primary contributions. First, we agree with Rowe et al (2005), Soebbing and Washington (2011), Holmes (2011), and Adler, Berry, and Doherty (2013) that existing studies do not address the long-term impact of leadership succession. We provide a more longitudinal examination of succession by examining three time periods: the first, second, and fourth year following a performance base coaching change.…”

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“…With regard to time, we examine the impact of the succession event over the short term (one and two years following the change), and also over a longer term, namely 4 years, to provide a more comprehensive account on organizational performance. We looked at a 4-year interval since this represents a typical recruiting cycle (Soebbing & Washington, 2011). Previous research has focused on short term impacts, such as within-season, between-season, or one year following the succession event.…”

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“…A college football team, however, typically plays 12 games exclusive of playoff or bowl games, so firings or retirements rarely occur midseason. An end-of-season announcement also gives time for the team to interview potential replacements, which requires a careful analysis of who is available and would be a good fit with the school's culture and system (Scully, 1995;Soebbing & Washington, 2011). Incoming coaches sign their new contract in winter or spring, which limits their ability to adapt to their new environment, hire new staff, recruit new players, and set up training and practice regimens during their first year.…”

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Leadership Succession and Performance: An Application to College Football

Dohrn

Lopez

Reinhardt

2015

Journal of Sport Management

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This article examines the impact of leader succession on organizational performance. We argue that both time and size of program are critical factors that need to be considered to appropriately determine the impacts of the leader succession on performance. We focus our analysis on the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and examine the effect of performance-related coaching firings on on-field performance (win-loss percentage, Sagarin rating, Sagarin rank) and financial performance (team revenue). We cluster teams into three categories based on revenue and analyze team performance following leader succession after the first, second, and fourth year following the change. While most studies in this area report findings consistent with vicious cycle theory or ritual scapegoating, our findings offer primary support for common sense theory and ritual scapegoating, contingent on time and the size of the program as determined by team revenue.

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Leadership Succession and Performance: An Application to College Football

Dohrn

Lopez

Reinhardt

2015

Journal of Sport Management

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“…34 It also supports the ritual scapegoat theory of succession. 35 Turning to match day related factors, we find that being the home team clearly increases both the expectation that Team i will win the game or earn at least one point in the match. Table 3 presents the regression results examining actual match outcomes.…”

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Determinants of expected vs. actual match outcome: an examination of the German Bundesliga

2014

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Within society, there are many publications regarding expectations of firm performance. These include analysis, industry insiders and ranking service. Within sports, bookmakers provide betting odds that reflect the expected outcome of matches and are determined by several factors. The purpose of this study is to analyse the determinants of expected match outcome (i.e. betting odds) and compare them to those of actual match outcome. Data from the 2010/ 2011 season of the German Bundesliga (soccer) are made available that are combined with betting odds for each match. Regression results show that several factors, such as difference in standing between team and opponent, difference in competitions played, difference in points earned over the last five matches, differences in standing last season and home advantage significantly influence expected match outcome. On the contrary, actual match outcome is only determined by the latter two factors. IntroductionModern day professional sports leagues are of great social and economic importance. These leagues harness the interest of a virtually boundless target group and, moreover, generate considerable economic spending in the form of gate receipts, sponsorships, premium seating and broadcasting rights. 1 The popularity of professional sports and the revenue streams of leagues and teams are notably affected by the match pairings. These pairings affect many stakeholders. Stakeholders are defined as groups or individuals who are affected by the focal organization's achievements. 2 For example, television networks capitalize on broadcasts of high quality games (e.g. between championship contenders) with extensive coverage, 3 and supporters are particularly inclined to attend local derbies that carry an intrinsic rivalry. 4 Another important stakeholder of professional sports leagues is bookmakers. They provide betting opportunities that range from betting on the final match outcome to bets on what team or player makes the next goal or throw-in. The betting market is flourishing with many providers being on the market. Sport bets attract a wide range of people. 5 Sport gamblers make their decisions based on the betting odds stated by the provider of sport bets. Throughout the literature, betting odds efficiently aggregate information to provide accurate predictions regarding the outcome of a match. 6 These betting odds are generated based on several factors that should

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“…In line with this view, the fi of Smart and Wolfe (2000) indicated that organizational resources developed among coaching staffs are the critical sources of sustainable competitive advantage for intercollegiate athletic programs. Soebbing and Washington (2011) further found the significant effect of coaching succession on the subsequent performance of college football programs, confirming the important role coaches play in program success.…”

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Roles of Performance and Human Capital in College Football Coaches’ Compensation

Inoue

Plehn-Dujowich

Kent

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Journal of Sport Management

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Despite the escalation of football coaches’ salaries at National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) institutions, little empirical investigation has been undertaken to identify the determinants of their compensation. As such, the purpose of this study is to explain how the level of coaching compensation is determined based on three theoretical perspectives in managerial compensation: marginal productivity theory, human capital theory, and managerialism. The analysis of compensation data of head football coaches at FBS institutions in 2006–2007 shows that the maximum total compensation of these coaches increases with their past performance. The results further reveal that coaches with greater human capital tend to receive a compensation package where bonuses account for a smaller proportion of the maximum total compensation. Overall, these findings mostly confirm the predictions drawn from managerial productivity theory, human capital theory and managerialism.

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Leadership Succession and Organizational Performance: Football Coaches and Organizational Issues

Cited by 33 publications

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Leadership Succession and Performance: An Application to College Football

Leadership Succession and Performance: An Application to College Football

Determinants of expected vs. actual match outcome: an examination of the German Bundesliga

Roles of Performance and Human Capital in College Football Coaches’ Compensation

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