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- Title
Does the NCAA Coaching Carousel Hamper the Professional Prospects of College Football Recruits?
- Authors
Hersch, Philip L.
- Abstract
College football recruits choose their schools partly for the opportunity to play for a specific coach. It is not unusual for the coach who recruited the player to leave before the end of the player’s career. This article investigates whether these departures affect a player’s National Football League (NFL) draft prospects. Regression results indicate that, for players drafted, a coaching change drops the average draftee’s position nearly two thirds of a round, potentially costing the player hundreds of thousands of dollars in guaranteed money. This harmful effect holds regardless of why the coach left, such as being fired or accepting a new position elsewhere.
- Subjects
NATIONAL Football League; COLLEGE football players; FOOTBALL coaching; NATIONAL Collegiate Athletic Association; FOOTBALL coaches; FOOTBALL scouting; FOOTBALL draft
- Publication
Journal of Sports Economics, 2012, Vol 13, Issue 1, p20
- ISSN
1527-0025
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1527002510391806