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Despite the wave of sackings this winter, Premier League managers have been in the job longer on average than managers or head coaches in any of Europe’s other “big-five” leagues.
According to an analysis of 90 leagues across the world by CIES Football Observatory, coaches in just seven leagues, including Major League Soccer and Norway’s Eliteserien, had a longer average tenure than Premier League managers.
As of March 1st, 2022, the day after Jesse Marsch took charge of Leeds United, the average Premier League tenure was 772 days, which is a little over two years and one month.
That compares to 628 days in the Bundesliga, 617 days in La Liga, and just 385 and 384 days in Ligue 1 and Serie A, respectively. It is also longer than the average time that top-flight managers in Portugal or the Netherlands have been in employment.
The days of Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger’s lengthy reigns at Manchester United and Arsenal are long gone. Burnley’s Sean Dyche is currently the Premier league’s longest-serving manager, although he needs results to improve between now and the end of the season to keep that title.
