Does anyone know at what age/age range a coach retires? I am wanting to develop a long term F.I., but I noticed even with 0 years experience the one I was targetting is 54 years old. I'm assuming the age is near 70, but I didn't know if anyone had looked into this at all?

Don't worry about age. Loyalty is going to play a bigger role. But even in your scenario, keeping a good coach for at least 10 seasons would be a good thing. And remember that the FI affects majors and minors maintenance and development.

They usually retire at 67 or 68 (I've seen both).

It seems that 65 or shortly after is that magic age where they walk off into the sunset.

Posted by drummer_66 on 6/16/2021 6:15:00 PM (view original):
Don't worry about age. Loyalty is going to play a bigger role. But even in your scenario, keeping a good coach for at least 10 seasons would be a good thing. And remember that the FI affects majors and minors maintenance and development.

I realize that. The issue is that the coach is 54 year with 0 years experience. So, there's no point in developing him as he will retire as soon as he reached his peak. I guess I've overlooked this in the past, as I agree age doesn't matter for the most part in coaches. But there are 4 fielding coaches this year over 50 with no experience, makes it hard to develop new fielding instructors.

I'll address this with my personal observations, because we do get a lot of 1B/3B coaches and FIs who start at a later age with no experience.

My general observation for these coaches is that they'll gain 3-4 points for the first couple of seasons in their core skill (baserunning or fielding) then accelerate to 4 or even 5 points for a few more. Season 7 or 8 they'll start slowing to 2 and eventually 1, then max out around season 12.

So you're right, a 54 year old will retire soon after he maxes out. But for me, the important thing is how long you can hold onto him (minimal salary at rollover) during his prime, do you get that 4 to 6 seasons at 750k. So it depends what rating he starts at, whether he's worth trying to develop.

Posted by hogsfan22 on 6/17/2021 11:15:00 AM (view original):

Posted by drummer_66 on 6/16/2021 6:15:00 PM (view original):
Don't worry about age. Loyalty is going to play a bigger role. But even in your scenario, keeping a good coach for at least 10 seasons would be a good thing. And remember that the FI affects majors and minors maintenance and development.

I realize that. The issue is that the coach is 54 year with 0 years experience. So, there's no point in developing him as he will retire as soon as he reached his peak. I guess I've overlooked this in the past, as I agree age doesn't matter for the most part in coaches. But there are 4 fielding coaches this year over 50 with no experience, makes it hard to develop new fielding instructors.

But I'm guessing those FI's with no experience also have a Fielding IQ of less than 60, which will slow down the development of your minor-leaguers.

My FI in one world currently has an 81 FIQ and is 59 years old. This is his 7th season coaching, all as an FI, and first with my franchise. He worked for two other franchises and started at 56 and progressed at least 4 points each season. However, his patience (which affects how prospects develop) hasn't budged one point (it's 83).