Coaching staff | Other elements FM 2014 Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Proper coaching staff provides harmony and balance in the team. You should take a look at this tab, fire unnecessary/bad employees (they will agree to a mutual termination) and hire the best professionals.
Members of staff you must have:
1. Assistant manager
Most important attributes: man management, mental, tactical knowledge, working with youngsters, determination.
The second most important person, your assistant. He runs the team while you're away and you can give him a lot of tasks, for example managing the team during friendly matches, team talks and extending contracts. He can also be responsible for training. He's a very important person in the team and you should get the best one even if it costs you a lot.
2.Coach
Most important attributes: tactical, defending, attacking, goalkeepers, working with youngsters, tactical knowledge, determination.
He's responsible for your team's training. His attributes should be high enough. Don't expect every coach to be good at everything - let one be specialized in defence, other in goalkeepers etc. Choosing the right coaches will make your players' skills increase so they'll play better. Better players are more expensive so the cost of coaching staff will pay off.
3. Physio
Most important attributes: physiotherapy, determination.
A physio is responsible for injured players. He should be a professional and heal them as fast as possible. Having a bad physio may have negative influence on your team.
4. Scout
Most important attributes: judging player ability, judging player potential, determination.
He doesn't directly influence the playing but he's an important person who looks for young, promising players. A good scout will judge player's abilities and potential so he won't send you hundreds of reports on players who will turn out to be a mistake. You should have a good scout because you can earn a lot of money by training young players.
5. Director of sport
Most important attributes: man management, working with youngsters, level of discipline, determination.
He assists the manager. You can give him some of your responsibilities, for example: selecting coaching staff, extending contracts, making a list of players for sale etc. It's useful if you can't find clubs interested in buying players that you don't want.
6. Head of youth development
Most important attributes: man management, working with youngsters, determination.
He's responsible for junior team: coordinates their training, extends their contracts, gives you reports on progress in training. Good one will make your youngsters gain experience.
Choosing good coaching staff will provide harmony in the team, development of youngsters, care about injured players and promising transfer targets. You should select the best possible staff to get good results.