| By: |
A-L. BALDUCK;
A. PRINZIE;
M. BUELENS |
| Abstract: |
The effectiveness of coach turnover on team performance is widely discussed in
the literature due to the indirect impact of a team’s performance on a club’s
revenues. This study examines the effect of coach turnover within a
competition season by focusing on the change in team quality and the change in
home team advantage under the new coach. The change in team quality or home
team advantage can vary according to the team (team specific) or might be an
independent quantity (non-team specific). We estimated nine possible
regression models, given no change, team specific change and non-team specific
change in quality or home team advantage. The data are match results of
Belgian male soccer teams playing in the highest national division during
seven seasons. Results point to a team specific effect of a new coach on a
team’s quality. This paper further contributes by evaluating the new coach’s
success with regard to whether his ability to improve team quality also
results in a better position of the team in the final ranking. A new coach
will be able to improve the ranking of the team if the improved team quality
under the new coach renders a positive team quality. |
| Keywords: |
Managerial change; home team advantage; team performance; team quality; regression model, individual match data, team ranking |
| Date: |
2008–09 |
| URL: |
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:rug:rugwps:08/535&r=spo |