What is the difference between a coach and a manager? I’m asking seriously, because I notices that there are clubs where the manager is an icon whereas others in which it’s the coach (or at least I think so).
Are there situations in which the manager and coach are one and the same?
Who are some famous coaches - especially ones that might be accidentally considered managers?
Again, these questions are asked seriously.
It’s very rare that there are any true ‘managers’ in football these days. Almost all are head coaches (even if not in name), so they, with the help of their team, handle training focuses, tactics and pick the team. They handle the football side of it.
They will generally have a say in transfers, as much as they work with the recruitment team to identify weak areas and may ask for specific players to be signed, but it’s very rare that they’d have anything to do with the actual financial side of it. It’s not like the Football Manager games where it’s your choice to bid a certain amount or get into contract details.