%0 Journal Article
%T The influence of coach turnover on student
%A Amber M Shipherd
%A Edson Filho
%A Joann C Wakefield
%A Sarah Stokowski
%J International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching
%@ 2048-397X
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1747954118766465
%X Coach turnover is frequent, especially in collegiate sports in the United States. To date, however, there is limited research on how coach turnover might affect student-athletes. Accordingly, we aimed to qualitatively explore how coach turnover might influence student-athletes¡¯ psychosocial states and team dynamics in collegiate sports. Eleven athletic teams at a Midwestern Division I National Collegiate Athletic Association institution having undergone coach turnover during the past four years participated in the study. Four coaches and 21 student-athletes representing both individual and team sports, as well as two administrative staff members, participated in semi-structured interviews (coaches and administrators) and focus groups (student-athletes). Inductive data analysis revealed four first level themes: coach style and background, athlete affective states, team dynamics, and program culture. Our analysis suggested that, depending on their gender and coaching style, coaches might have a positive or negative impact on athletes¡¯ affective states (e.g. positive and negative affect), team dynamics (e.g. cohesion; athlete leadership), and the program culture. Thus, practitioners might facilitate the positive impact of coaching turnover by assessing whether the new coach is a ¡®good fit¡¯ at the individual (micro), team (meso), and environmental (macro) level of analysis
%K Coach-athlete relationship
%K coaching style
%K motivational climate
%K National Collegiate Athletic Association
%K organisational culture
%K team dynamics
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1747954118766465