You can decide how to assign hired coaches to the club’s departments, depending on the needs of each club. However, every club has a limited number of open positions to hire coaches, which mainly depends on the stature (worth) of the club. Year on year, extra coach slots can be unlocked by the board, if you have a good manager rating at the end of the previous season.
The list of coaches that is available on the market refreshes periodically. So if you don’t find the ideal candidates to fill all available slots, you can return after some time and check again. We’ve also created a coach wishlist that enables managers to list the sought after Tactical Vision, Knowledge and specific Coach skills, and even get a notification when a suitable candidate becomes available.
Coaches can be moved freely between departments with no implications, to balance the dynamic Ideal Quality of each Department. They can also be released by the club to make room for a better available coach, but this will generate a severance package to be paid and the released coach will not appear on the market again.
Similar to putting together the perfect squad, gathering the ideal coaching staff is a process that takes skill, patience and time. It creates a new dimension of improving your club and it enables you to experiment to find an ideal mix. For example, it can be useful to focus on just one Tactical Vision and recruit the relevant staff that enable you to execute it perfectly and use the rest of the slots to fuel improved player development. Ultimately, how you want to run your club is up to you, and we look forward to seeing all of the possible variations over time.