Manager impacts on worker performance in American football: Do offensive coordinators impact quarterback performance in the National Football League?

Authors

Joshua D. Pitts, Kennesaw State University
Brent Evans, Georgia College & State University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2019

Publication Title

Managerial and Decision Economics

Abstract

Ample research in nonsports labor markets suggests that managerial quality significantly impacts worker productivity; however, studies using sports data have been less likely to find such evidence supporting the importance of managers/coaches. We examine the impact of offensive coordinators on quarterback performance in football. While we find that various offensive coordinator characteristics have little impact on quarterback performance, we show that individual offensive coordinators do seem to play a role in quarterback development. Consistent with research on manager effects outside of sports, this suggests that elite and poor offensive coordinators do significantly impact the productivity of the quarterbacks they manage.

Volume Number

40

Issue Number

1

First Page

105

Comments

© 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Last Page

118

Recommended Citation

Pitts, J. D. & Evans, B. A. (2019). Manager impacts on worker performance in American football: Do offensive coordinators impact quarterback performance in the National Football League?. Managerial and Decision Economics, 40(1): 105-118.