The purpose of the study was to examine the perception SHS athletes had of coaches’ leadership behaviour and how these perceptions influenced the athletes’ satisfaction in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. A descriptive cross-sectional survey was used to conduct the research. One thousand and two respondents selected from a population of 2200 Senior High School (SHS) Athletes in the Ashanti Region who participated in organised interschool sports competitions in the 2019/2020 academic year were used for the study. Chelladurai and Saleh’s Leadership Scale for Sports (LSS) and Chelladurai and Riemer’s athletes’ variety of goods were used as research instruments in the study and the researchers employed descriptive statistics (means and standard deviations) and multivariate multiple linear regression to analyse the data collected. Results revealed that 1) the most perceived coach leadership behaviour by the athletes were positive feedback (M = 4.53; SD = .53), training and instruction (M = 4.50; SD = .51) and social support (M = 4.17; SD = .75); 2) athletes were generally satisfied with the following: personal treatment from coaches (M = 4.49, SD = .60), strategy from their coaches (M = 4.32, SD = .70), their ability utilization (M = 4.29, SD = .71), their individual performance (M = 4.22, SD = .78) and team performance (M = 4.02, SD = 1.04); 3) the perceived use of any or the combination of positive response, education and social support leadership behaviours by coaches increase the probability of SHS athletes being satisfied with their ability utilisation, the strategy of their coaches, personal treatment from coaches and satisfaction with individual performance. Conclusions: Athletes were generally satisfied with personal treatment, strategy from coaches and their ability utilisation. Also, SHS athletes in the Ashanti Region of Ghana desired coaches who showed positive feedback, training and instruction and social support leadership behaviours.
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