Examination of administrative competence levels of football coaches

Abstract

The purpose of the present study is examining the administrative competence levels of football coaches. In addition, whether there are significant differences between the administrative competence levels of football coaches participated in the present research in terms of license levels, length of service and professional satisfaction levels was tested. 166 football coaches in the province of Mugla, who participated in the 2014 MuglaSitkiKocman University, Turkish Football Federation (TFF), Turkish Football Coaches Association (TFCA) regional development Seminar organized by TFCA every two years voluntarily, participated in the research. Administrative Competence Scale, developed by Al (2007) as Master's thesis was used as data collection tool in the research. In addition, personal information form, developed in accordance with the purpose of the present research was used. Significant difference tests were used to test whether football coaches' administrative competence levels differ in terms of license levels, length of service and professional satisfaction levels. Findings of the present research are as follows: Administrative competence levels of football coaches are higher than the average, but there were no significance differences between the coaches' administrative competence attitudes in terms of license levels (p>0.005), and there is a significant difference in terms of length of service (p<0.005). Accordingly, it was found that coaches with longer experience have higher administrative competence attitudes than the other coaches. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.