Head Coaches Performance Evaluation Criteria Used by Midwest NCAA Division III Athletic Directors PDF Download

Author: John M. Cleaver
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Category : Coaches (Athletics)
Languages : en
Pages : 98

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"Job performance evaluation has been acknowledged as a challenging, but necessary process in a variety of professional fields. The purpose of this study was to rank criteria used by NCAA Division III Athletic directors to evaluate their head coaches. Research questions sought to discover the most and least important criteria, if the prioritized criteria were in line with the NCAA Division III philosophy, and finally if any differences exist between the way conferences rank their criteria. A rank order questionnaire was used to study how the criteria factors, linked by a common purpose of evaluating a head coach, rated against each other. Ten primary criteria were extracted from research and used in this survey. Athletic administrators (N=62, n-22) from six Midwestern NCAA Division III conferences were asked to participate in this survey. The most important criteria for evaluating a head coach was skill level in building student athlete relationships (2.9), closely followed by a coach's skill level in recruiting student athletes (3.0). On the contrary, a coach's skill level in public relations (8.5), was the least important amongst all ten criteria. Collectively, criteria associated with student athletes were reviewed as more important than criteria without association. This suggests the NCAA Division III philosophy directs the criteria selection and prioritization for athletic administrators. Slight differences were present in the way conferences ranked the criteria. This study could lead to more in depth research regarding coaching job performance evaluation, other governances of college athletics or sample populations of universities"--Abstract.