In football what is the difference between a coach and a manager

The former Chelsea manager has taken his services to North London. Jose Mourinho is the man of the moment after his surprise move to Tottenham Hotspur despite saying once that he would never join the club out of respect for Chelsea fans. Also read: Highest paid managers in European football. After 5 and a half years at the helm, Mauricio Pochettino was relieved of his services.

However, rather surprisingly, instead of being named the manager, Mourinho has been appointed as the head coach of the side. My responsibility was not only to coach the team. With Tottenham, I am a head coach. A head coach is head of your department.

My department is to train the team. Former Black Cats head coach Paolo Di Canio proved this as he blamed everyone but himself for their struggles when he got sacked after just 13 games in charge in September Roberto De Fanti and Valentino Angeloni were the two responsible for that technical error, with the maximum support from the chairman, which is Ellis Short. I asked for them to bring in 80 per cent British footballers. Not for me. The attributes required to be a successful manager are reckoned to be the same as a head coach.

They need to have effective and adaptable training methods, be tactically astute, boast good judgment in team selections and formations. Head coaches lack so much involvement and authority, they never seem to last long in the role. Do you think the title of head coach puts off potential managerial candidates?

Are the same skill required for both positions? Read more from Rebecca Coles here! They are simply the face of the club. The best example of a manager was Sir Alex Ferguson when he was a United's manager. While in other European leagues they have head coaches.

Head coaches usually only responsible for performance of team on the pitch, they don't have power over transfer of players and administration. To bridge between head coaches and management, there are Director of Football positions. So head coaches can voice their aspiration to management regarding transfer of players and other things. And that's why Mourinho said that his role as a manager should be downgraded to a head coach.

Because he feels that he doesn't have enough power to decide which players United should buy. Transfer of players is indeed part of strategy for a manager. Winning the league started from winning the transfer window, strategy on transfer window is as important as strategy on the pitch. That's why Mourinho is so frustrated with United's decision not to buy players he wanted.

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