@techreport{3e3b1dc75aae495ebf77cfe6793d066d,
title = "In-Season Head-Coach Dismissals and the Performance of Professional Football Teams",
abstract = "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 ofDutch professional football during 14 successive seasons. An in-season change ofthe head-coach depends on recent match results and the difference between actualresults and expectations as measured using bookmaker data. We find that, afterthe head-coach has been replaced, teams perform better than before. However, theperformance is also better than before for a control group of coach replacementsthat did not occur. From this we conclude that replacement of head-coaches doesnot improve team performance.",
keywords = "association football, coaches, performance",
author = "{van Ours}, J.C. and {van Tuijl}, M.A.",
year = "2014",
month = oct,
day = "1",
language = "English",
volume = "2014-058",
series = "CentER Discussion Paper",
publisher = "Economics",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "Economics",
}