Serie B, the coaches’ ranking after 37 days: Vanoli guide, Carrera surprise

The thirty-seventh matchday of Serie B ended on Sunday. Below is the ranking of the coaches based on the votes of the editorial staff of TuttoMercatoWeb.com. The ranking doesn’t change up front, with Paolo Vanoli of Venezia who remains firmly in command ahead of the pair Cesc Fabregas/Osian Roberts of Como and the coach of league leaders Parma, Fabio Pecchiawhile the surprise is represented by Massimo Carrera of Ascoli who placed fourth ahead of Rolando Maran of Brescia. At the bottom, however, they close the ranking Andrea Malgrati of Lecco, Federico Giampaolo of Bari and Michele Mignani of Palermo. Below is the complete ranking:

1. Paolo Vanoli (Venice) 6.44
2. Cesc Fabregas/Osian Roberts (Como) 6.36 (on the bench since the fourteenth matchday)
3. Fabio Pecchia (Parma) 6.35
4. Massimo Carrera (Ascoli) 6.31 (on the bench since the thirtieth matchday)
5. Rolando Maran (Brescia) 6.22 (on the bench since the fourteenth matchday)
6. Vincenzo Vivarini (Catanzaro) 6.20
7. Marco Zaffaroni (FeralpiSalò) 6.18 (on the bench since the eleventh matchday)
8. Federico Valente (South Tyrol) 6.15 (on the bench since the sixteenth matchday)
9. Giovanni Stroppa (Cremonese) 6.10 (on the bench since the sixth day)
10. Alberto Aquilani (Pisa) 6.05
11. Edoardo Gorini (Citadel) 6.05
12. William Avenues (Cosenza) 6.04 (on the bench since the thirtieth matchday)
13. Andrea Pirlo (Sampdoria) 6.02
14. Luca D’Angelo (Spezia) 6 (on the bench since the fourteenth matchday)
15. Pierpaolo Bisoli (Modena) 6 (on the bench since the thirty-fourth matchday)
16. Roberto Breda (Ternana) 6 (on the bench since the thirteenth matchday)
17. Alessandro Nesta (Reggiana) 5.92
18. Andrea Malgrati (Lecco) 5.91 (on the bench since the thirty-second matchday)
19. Federico Giampaolo (Bari) 5.87 (on the bench since the thirty-fourth matchday)
20. Michele Mignani (Palermo) 5.63 (on the bench since the thirty-second matchday)

No longer in office
Davide Ballardini (Cremonese) 5.8 (sacked after the fifth matchday) Luciano Foschi (Lecco) 5.83 (sacked after the ninth matchday)
Stefano Vecchi (Feralpisalò) 5.65 (sacked after the tenth matchday) Cristiano Lucarelli (Ternana) 6 (sacked after the twelfth matchday) Daniele Gastaldello (Brescia) 6.08 (sacked after the twelfth matchday) Moreno Longo (Como) 6.25 (sacked after the thirteenth matchday) Massimiliano Alvini (Spezia) 5.2 (sacked after the thirteenth matchday) Pierpaolo Bisoli (South Tyrol) 6.06 (sacked after the fifteenth matchday) Pasquale Marino (Bari) 5.5 (sacked after the twenty-third matchday) Emiliano Bonazzoli (Lecco) 6.02 (sacked after the twenty-fourth matchday)
Fabio Caserta (Cosenza) 6.15 (sacked after the twenty-ninth matchday) Fabrizio Castori (Ascoli) 6.06 (sacked after the twenty-ninth matchday) Eugenio Corini (Palermo) 5.95 (sacked after the thirty-first matchday) Alfredo Aglietti (Lecco) 5.57 (sacked after the thirty-first matchday) Paolo Bianco (Modena) 6.06 (sacked after the thirty-third matchday) Giuseppe Iachini (Bari) 5.6 (sacked after the thirty-third matchday)