In-Season Head-Coach Dismissals and the Performance of Professional Football Teams

J.C. van Ours; M.A. van Tuijl

In-Season Head-Coach Dismissals and the Performance of Professional Football Teams

J.C. van Ours
, M.A. van Tuijl

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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 of
Dutch professional football during 14 successive seasons. An in-season change of
the head-coach 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.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Tilburg
Publisher	Economics
Number of pages	36
Volume	2014-058
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2014

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Name	CentER Discussion Paper
Volume	2014-058

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association football
coaches
performance

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In-season head-coach dismissals and the performance of professional football teams
van Ours, J. & van Tuijl, M., Jan 2016, In: Economic Inquiry. 54, 1, p. 591-604
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