论文标题
谁是有史以来最好的教练？基于网络的评估职业体育教练的职业表现
Who is the best coach of all time? A network-based assessment of the career performance of professional sports coaches
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论文摘要
我们考虑了两个大型数据集，其中包括过去60年中欧洲顶级足球俱乐部以及过去70年来美国专业篮球队中的所有比赛。我们利用游戏数据来建立团队主教练之间成对互动的网络，并根据网络中心度指标来衡量他们的职业表现。我们将Arsene Wenger，Alex Ferguson爵士，Jupp Heynckes，Carlo Ancelotti和Jose Mourinho确定为有史以来前五名的欧洲足球教练。在美国篮球中，历史排名的前5个位置被红色Auerbach，Gregg Popovich，Phil Jackson，Don Nelson和Lenny Wilkens占据。我们在十年和季节之前进一步建立排名。我们开发了一种简单的方法来监测整个教练职业生涯的表现，并在给定时间动态地比较了两个或更多教练的表现。手稿伴随着网站CoachScore.luddy.indiana.edu，我们分析的完整结果可供感兴趣的读者访问。
We consider two large datasets consisting of all games played among top-tier European soccer clubs in the last 60 years, and among professional American basketball teams in the past 70 years. We leverage game data to build networks of pairwise interactions between the head coaches of the teams, and measure their career performance in terms of network centrality metrics. We identify Arsene Wenger, Sir Alex Ferguson, Jupp Heynckes, Carlo Ancelotti, and Jose Mourinho as the top 5 European soccer coaches of all time. In American basketball, the first 5 positions of the all-time ranking are occupied by Red Auerbach, Gregg Popovich, Phil Jackson, Don Nelson, and Lenny Wilkens. We further establish rankings by decade and season. We develop a simple methodology to monitor performance throughout a coach's career, and to dynamically compare the performance of two or more coaches at a given time. The manuscript is accompanied by the website coachscore.luddy.indiana.edu where complete results of our analysis are accessible to the interested readers.
