Head Coaches Research Paper

In the world of sports, head coaches are the most important people off the field. They make the decisions that can ignite a team towards victory, or spiral downwards towards defeat. Due to this fact, they are the some of the most scrutinized people on the team, with the media placing as much pressure on them as they do players. If the coach is successful, they will be revered by the media and the fan base as long as they can continue at a certain measure of success. If a coach is unable to improve the quality of play on the field, then resentment will grow quickly, and the proverbial hot seat will continue to burn until the coach is replaced. This has always been true in almost every sport, but in recent years coaches have been getting fired increasingly …show more content…
Two seasons ago, a whopping 12 managers were relieved of their duties, and five in the previous season. This season alone, 4 managers have already been fired in the first half, with more expected by the end of the season in May. The rate of firings is so high, that numerous betting sites place odds on which manager are most likely to be the first one fired at the beginning of a season. According to SkyBet.com, the next most likely manager to be fired is Remi Garde of Aston Villa with 2-1 odds, and Louis Van Gaal of Manchester United is right behind him with 100/30 odds. Another incredible statistic is the average tenure of Premier League managers. According to the BBC, a manager stays at one club for an average 2.13 years. This is an incredibly short period of time for a manager to be expected to elevate the playing level of a club from its predecessor. An even more amazing fact about this is that one man, Arsene Wenger, has been in charge at Arsenal for 20 years. This skews the average slightly so even the 2.13 years is not a completely accurate description of how little time managers are given to win