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Ágoston Nagy1, Botond Ágoston Nagy2, Szilvia Borbély3
1Institute of Sport Sciences, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
Introduction:
This study examined demographic, playing-career, and coaching-career characteristics associated with NBA head coaching status by comparing NBA, NBA G-League, and NCAA Division I head coaches.
Methods:
Data were collected during the 2020/21 NBA preseason, a period following the COVID-19-affected 2019/20 season, from publicly available biographical and professional sources. The final sample included 76 head coaches: 30 NBA head coaches, 30 randomly selected NCAA Division I head coaches, and 16 NBA G-League head coaches. Variables were categorized into demographic/background, playing-career, and coaching-career characteristics. Descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, one-way ANOVA, and hierarchical binary logistic regression analyses were conducted.
Results:
Significant differences were identified across coaching environments in age, NBA playing experience, and international playing experience. NCAA coaches were the oldest group, while NBA G-League coaches were the youngest. The strongest between-league difference was observed for previous NBA assistant coaching experience. In the final hierarchical binary logistic regression model, previous NBA assistant coaching experience showed the strongest association with NBA head coaching status, while NBA playing experience also remained significant. Age and White race/ethnicity were not significant predictors.
Discussion:
The findings suggest that NBA head coaching status is more closely associated with NBA-specific professional experience and organizational exposure than with demographic or formal educational characteristics alone.
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