How do I lead a recruiting team when I miss closing candidates myself?

You could close a candidate in your sleep. The read on what someone wanted, the moment to make the call, the quiet win of a great hire signed. Now you own the team's hiring targets, and you hit them through other recruiters instead of doing the closing yourself. Watching a deal you could have landed go through someone else is hard. The closing instinct you have is the thing you now teach. Every recruiter you coach to read a candidate, to time the offer, to hold their nerve, carries your skill into deals you will never touch. Your numbers now come from a team's worth of closes, not your own. That is more reach than your two hands ever had. Keep closing a few yourself. The key hires, the tough ones, sit in the seat. It keeps your instincts sharp and shows your team how it is done up close. You did not stop being a great recruiter by becoming a manager. You just close through others now, mostly, and directly now and then.