Byrd, W. Jennings; Mixon, Phillip A.; Wright, Alan - In: International Journal of Sport Finance 8 (2013) 3, pp. 224-235
with the head coach acting as a member of top management—similar to the COO—of the football program. Using data from 2006 …-2012, we examine the causal relationship between a head coach’s school pay, past performance, and football program size. Our … results indicate the most important determinant of a head coach’s pay is the total revenue generated by the football program. …