Table 1.
Variable |
Coaches, No. (%) |
P Value |
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Overall (N = 769) |
High School (n = 497) |
Club Sport (n = 272) |
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Sport | .03 | |||
Basketball | 290 (37.7) | 203 (40.8) | 87 (32.0) | |
Volleyball | 256 (33.3) | 152 (30.6) | 104 (38.2) | |
Soccer | 223 (29.0) | 142 (28.6) | 81 (29.8) | |
Coach's sex | .76 | |||
Female | 266 (34.6) | 170 (34.2) | 96 (35.3) | |
Male | 503 (65.4) | 327 (65.8) | 176 (64.7) | |
Coach's agea | .46 | |||
Coach's education level | <.001 | |||
High school diploma or general educational development | 48 (6.2) | 34 (6.8) | 14 (5.1) | |
Associate or 2-year college degree | 90 (11.7) | 42 (8.5) | 48 (17.6) | |
Bachelor or 4-year college degree | 306 (39.8) | 181 (36.4) | 125 (46.0) | |
Graduate or professional degree | 325 (42.3) | 240 (48.3) | 85 (31.3) | |
Coach's primary source of employment | <.001 | |||
Teaching | 327 (42.5) | 257 (51.7) | 70 (25.7) | |
Coaching | 366 (47.6) | 216 (43.5) | 150 (55.1) | |
Other | 76 (9.9) | 24 (4.8) | 52 (19.1) | |
Team sex | .38 | |||
Female | 451 (58.6) | 283 (56.9) | 168 (61.8) | |
Male | 238 (31.0) | 162 (32.6) | 76 (27.9) | |
Both | 80 (10.4) | 52 (10.5) | 28 (10.3) | |
Typical player age, y | <.001 | |||
14 | 72 (9.4) | 1 (0.2) | 71 (26.1) | |
15 | 83 (10.8) | 21 (4.2) | 62 (22.8) | |
16 | 287 (37.3) | 210 (42.3) | 77 (28.3) | |
17 | 308 (40.0) | 258 (51.9) | 50 (18.4) | |
18 | 19 (2.5) | 7 (1.4) | 12 (4.4) |
Coach age in years, mean ± SD: overall = 41.0 ± 11.5; high school = 41.3 ± 10.6; club sport = 40.6 ± 12.9.