Coach Turnover in Top Professional Brazilian Football Championship: A Multilevel Survival Analysis.

ABSTRACT: In this study, we examined the probability of coaches' survival in the top Brazilian professional football championship considering variation across the competitive seasons between 2012 and 2017, considering a multilevel framework. We also considered whether previous coaching experience in the top Brazilian professional football championship would change the probability of coaches' survival across the season. The data considered 4,560 games from the top professional Brazilian football league (Campeonato Brasileiro Série A) between the 2012 and 2017 seasons. At the start of each season, the coach from each team was followed, being recorded at the time the event occurred, i.e., the coach being sacked. A total survival of 120 coaches was considered between the seasons of 2012 and 2017, i.e.,

SUBMITTER: Tozetto AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6562306 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature