Just Win Baby? Determinants of NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Coaching Compensation

Randy Grant (), Randy Grant () and Randy Grant ()
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Randy Grant: Linfield College
Randy Grant: Western Oregon University
Randy Grant: Western Oregon University

International Journal of Sport Finance, 2013, vol. 8, issue 1, 61-74

Abstract: The paper estimates the key determinants of compensation for head football coaches in the NCAA’s Football Bowl Subdivision (the former D-IA) during the years 2006- 2010. Coaching compensation is regressed on variables capturing a coach’s personal characteristics, productivity, and institutional characteristics. The results yield seven important explanatory variables. Four are coach specific: BCS ranking, recruiting success, lifetime winning percentage, and years of experience. The remaining three are institutional: football revenue, enrollment, and graduation rate. No estimate of a compensation function for a head football coach has appeared previously in the literature.

Keywords: NCAA; coaching compensation; Football Bowl Subdivision (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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