Document Type

Thesis

Date of Degree Completion

Spring 2014

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Health and Physical Education

Committee Chair

Stefan Ward

Second Committee Member

Rory Weishaar

Third Committee Member

Ken Briggs

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to gain an in-depth understanding of the necessary experiences graduate assistant coaches must experience before becoming a head coach. Data were obtained through phone interviews with eight Division I Women's Soccer Coaches in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho State. Results indicated there are a number of different experiences and situations that must happen collectively in order to have a positive transition from an assistant coach or graduate assistant coach to a head coach at the division I level. These results represent one of the first empirical accounts of the graduate assistant coaches' experiences in the transition to becoming a division I head soccer coach.

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