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 a vague distinction. The only clear thing is that the people who aren’t the head guy are called coaches. By that I mean Mourinho or Pep will have people to do coaching tasks, who are never called the manager. They still tell the players what to do and that type of stuff, they are just not the guy you think of when you ask who is deciding how the team plays.
The head guy you can call manager or coach, it somewhat depends on his power within the hierarchy of the club. Some clubs have one guy deciding on all the transfers, some clubs separate the person who decides on tactics from the money decisions. Depends a lot on what level of club we’re talking about.