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The only job where you're hired to be fired, eventually, publicly, with a buyout.
means The person in charge of a sports team's strategy, roster decisions, and overall performance, held responsible for wins and losses alike.
from A straightforward compound: 'head' meaning chief or foremost (from Old English 'heafod') plus 'coach,' which has a surprisingly non-athletic origin — it comes from the Hungarian town of Kocs, famous for building a style of horse-drawn carriage. 'Coach' came to mean a vehicle that carries you somewhere, and by the 1800s English university slang had stretched it to mean a tutor who 'carries' a student through an exam. From there it slid easily into sports, meaning someone who carries a team toward victory — or, in the case of 'head coach,' the one who takes the blame when the carriage crashes.
- actual role
- manages egos more than plays
- job security
- shorter than the roster turnover
- nfl stat
- average tenure under three seasons
- real skill
- delegating while looking in charge