ABSTRACT
Euro 2012 and the Olympic Games have galvanized popular interest in and demand for high-quality sports coaching, the purpose of which is the leadership of athletes to achieve a common goal–winning. Athletes’ evaluations of their coach are an important aspect of athlete performance and coaching effectiveness. The most widely used measure of coach evaluation within the sports coaching realm is the 36-item coach evaluation questionnaire (CEQ). The CEQ is used in both team and individual sports and has been predominantly administered to amateur/youth sports. Findings indicate that both the perceptions of the coach social identity with the team and the team’s perceptions of their own social identification are positively related to the team’s perceptions of their coach as positive and respected and not related to their perceptions of the coach as having a negative influence. Athletes’ evaluations of their coach were found to be related to perceptions of the coach as positive and respected.
