Bryson, Alex;
Simmons, Rob;
Buraimo, Babatunde;
Farnell, Alex;
(2024)
Special Ones? The Effect of Head Coaches on Football Team Performance.
Scottish Journal of Political Economy
10.1111/sjpe.12369.
(In press).
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Abstract
Using data from professional football leagues in four countries, we assess effects on team performances following head coach turnover, distinguishing between voluntary and involuntary exits. We use entropy balancing to deal with the endogeneity of coach departures, by reweighting pre-departure covariates to obtain a comparable control group. Results reveal little, if any, positive effect from either type of turnover, though some longer-term benefits are possible if teams experience no subsequent turnover. We discuss how these findings fit with previous literature and theory, and discuss the wider practical implications.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Special Ones? The Effect of Head Coaches on Football Team Performance |
| DOI: | 10.1111/sjpe.12369 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/sjpe.12369 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author-accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Dismissals, quits, head coach, football |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10179498 |
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