Special ones? The effect of head coaches on football team performance

Bryson, A, Buraimo, B ORCID: 0000-0003-3928-5624, Farnell, A and Simmons, R (2024) Special ones? The effect of head coaches on football team performance Wiley.

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Using data from professional football leagues in four countries, we assess the 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.

Item Type:	Other
Additional Information:	Source info: IZA Discussion Paper No. 14104
Uncontrolled Keywords:	3504 Commercial Services, 35 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences > School of Management
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	12 Jul 2021 09:52
Last Modified:	24 Jan 2026 03:02
DOI:	10.1111/sjpe.12369
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3129713
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