CIES: pro football coach average is 49 years old and has been with their club for 10 months

"This pioneering study on the characteristics of trainers of professional football clubs worldwide shows that the typical profile for a coach is a male just under 50 years of age (48.8), in charge for less than one year (301 days) and having grown up in the country of the club managed (in more than 7 out of 10 cases)," said the CIES Football Observatory in its monthly report published on 22/06/2020.

In this report, the CIES analysed the profile of coaches working in 1,646 clubs around the world (110 leagues in 79 countries, from the six FIFA confederations), according to three characteristics: their age, their seniority in their current club and their origin (based in their country or as an expatriate).

"On average, on the 01/06/2020, coaches of the teams taken into account were in the job for 480 days. However, the median value is much lower: 301 days. This gap illustrates the fact that a small number of coaches that have been in charge of their teams for a long time pull the average up. The median values by league vary between 943 days in the Welsh top division and only 122 days…