STRATEGIES FOR RETAINING FEMALE HIGH SCHOOL HEAD COACHES: A SURVEY OF ADMINISTRATORS AND COACHES

Abstract

This study was undertaken to understand the strategies used to retain female high school head coaches. A sample consisting of 354 interscholastic athletic administrators and coaches of women's teams responded to a questionnaire consisting of 37 retention strategies (under the categories of developmental opportunities, program support, financial incentives, job definition, and communication) which elicited the extent that each strategy was used. To verify the subscale structure of the questionnaire, item-to-total correlations and internal consistency estimates (Cronbach's alpha) were carried out. After four iterations, 20 items were retained to measure five dimensions of retention strategies: developmental opportunities, financial incentives, program support, job expectations, and communication. The results of the 2 (Gender) × 2 (Position) × 5 (Dimension) repeated measures ANOVA showed significant two-way interaction effects for both gender and position. Tukey's post hoc analyses indicated that all subgroups rated communication as the most used dimension for retaining female high school coaches and rated developmental opportunities as the least used.

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