MURFREESBORO — A
professor will provide his view of turnover among head coaches in the National
Football League on the next edition of the “MTSU On the Record” radio program.
Host Gina Logue’s interview with Michael Roach, assistant
professor of economics, will air from 5:30 to 6 p.m. Monday, May 25, and from 8
to 8:30 a.m. Sunday, May 31, on WMOT-FM (89.5 and www.wmot.org).
After analyzing all NFL teams between 1995 and 2012, Roach
concluded that, on average, teams fare even worse in the win column after
changing head coaches.
Roach discovered that firing a head coach reduces the next
season’s win total by eight-tenths of a win, the difference between the number
of points scored by the team and the number of points scored against it by 27
points and the likelihood of making the playoffs by 12 percent.
“If you’re an organization, and you think that a change of
coaching is going to change your on-field fortunes overnight, I think it’s
useful to understand that that’s, on average, not the case,” Roach said.
Roach, who teaches sports economics at MTSU, published his
research in the academic journal “Applied Economics Letters.”
To listen to previous “MTSU On the Record” programs, go to click
on the “more” link under “Audio Clips.”
For more information, contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or
WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.
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