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An Empirical Estimation of NCAA Head Football Coaches Contract Duration

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  • Brook Stacey L.

    (Department of Economics, College of Business, 6243 University of Central Florida , 4336 Scorpius St., Orlando, FL 32816, USA)

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While previous research on head coach dismissals finds that team performance and managerial characteristics impact employment survival, these studies ignore the impact of contract modifications. Using an accelerated failure time survival model with hand-collected college head football coach contract data, I find that race/ethnicity affects the hazard rate of contract modifications but not the hazard rate of a head coach’s dismissal. Additionally, analysis of employment duration ignoring contract modifications may result in erroneous conclusions with respect to the effect that race/ethnicity has on a head coach’s dismissal.

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  • Brook Stacey L., 2024. "An Empirical Estimation of NCAA Head Football Coaches Contract Duration," Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), De Gruyter, vol. 244(5-6), pages 513-531.
    • Handle: RePEc:jns:jbstat:v:244:y:2024:i:5-6:p:513-531:n:1005
    DOI: 10.1515/jbnst-2023-0090
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    Keywords

    contract duration; contract modifications; dismissals; quits;
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    JEL classification:

    • Z22 - Other Special Topics - - Sports Economics - - - Labor Issues
    • J41 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Labor Contracts
    • C41 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Duration Analysis; Optimal Timing Strategies

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